Mazie Hirono: “By gutting staff and funding that students rely on and…”

“Certainly is a national priority in other countries. Why? Because these are the countries know, as I said earlier, that education is foundational and that an educated populace is an engaged populace. By gutting staff and funding that students rely on and attempting to eliminate the department altogether, a plan that will inevitably hurt our students. No question. This regime's actions make it abundantly clear that they don't want an engaged populace. One can't help but wonder why, Mr. President, this regime is not committed to public education.” (10:47–11:00)

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