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Markwayne Mullin: “The Department of Education was stood up in October of 1979.”

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 01:01

So anyways. Well, Trey, thank you. Education has been on a downhill slide for a long time now. I mean, you think about it, The Department of Education was stood up in October of 1979. is when we passed it. It actually went into effect in 1980. In 1979, we were number one in math, and today we're 26. (01:01–01:07)

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