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Scott Fitzgerald: “The President has been very high profile [...] saying unless…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

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Congressman Scott Fitzgerald Discusses Antitrust Investigation into Ivy League Universities

Published | Video Starts at 05:59

As transparent because the Ivy League universities receive a substantial amount of taxpayer funding, whether it's for research or various grants, all kinds of other things. So, yeah, and that's where The President has been very high profile [...] saying unless you comply on some of these fronts, the taxpayer money is not going to continue to flow. Do these Ivy League universities have the same sort of DEI policies and requirements? Is that another question that raises this question of antitrust? Potentially, yeah. (05:59–06:09)

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