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Markwayne Mullin: “Some rankings overall education has us down to 38th in the…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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SEN. MULLIN: 'Too many professors want to give their opinion' | Sunday Night in America

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

It actually went into effect in 1980. In 1979, we were number one in math, and today we're 26. And Some rankings overall education has us down to 38th in the country. That's wrong. It hasn't been working. And finally we have Secretary McMahon and President Trump who said, hey, we need to do something about this. (01:15–01:20)

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