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Mazie Hirono: “350 million was stripped from 800 institutions, universities…”

Featuring: Mazie Hirono, Democratic | U.S. Senate Hawaii

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Know that by getting into these interagency agreements and shoving these programs to departments that do not have the experience or where we thought to run these programs, he is setting these programs that our kids rely on for failure. So, most recently, 350 million was stripped from 800 institutions, universities all across the country. 800 institutions across the country, blue states, red states, just because these universities and colleges serve minority students. This is a program that supports minority serving. They're called minority serving institutions. (03:52–04:01)

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