Mike Rogers: “We have a literacy crisis in America.”

“I mean, look at, they're using their military, their diplomatic corps, their economy to try to push the United States off the world stage. And so what can we do as Americans to compete? And part of that is, hey, listen, We have a literacy crisis in America. Half the kids that graduated from high school last year couldn't read at the 6th grade level. China is actually teaching their middle schoolers quantum mechanics. We're talking about banning gas stoves.” (01:15–01:18)

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