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Mark Pocan: “We've seen many attacks on public education, especially…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Education and Labor with AFT President Randy Weingarten

Published | Video Starts at 03:29

We need to make sure if everyone's going to have a chance, an opportunity in society, they have to be able to get a good public education. And we put our tax dollars to that for a reason. Unfortunately, We've seen many attacks on public education, especially under Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress. most recently with the tax bill. In order to get four and a half trillion dollars from the middle class and those aspiring to be in the middle class to … (03:29–03:37)

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