Ryan Walters: “We are in the middle of a turnaround here because we are…”

“You've asked for $6 million should be spent in other ways to better educate the students because they're very worried about where Oklahoma is ranked in the education system. What do you say to that? We are in the middle of a turnaround here because we are following President Trump's agenda. This is the agenda for the entire country. We have school choice. We have merit pay. We are rejecting this left wing ideology in the classroom. We are promoting American exceptionalism.” (09:21–09:26)

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