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Scott Fitzgerald: “The taxpayers are really lynched in on this.”

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 05:36

But it's hard to justify the costs associated with a four year bachelor's degree at this point. And if it was all privately funded and it was all private dollars, that would be wonderful. But it's not. And The taxpayers are really lynched in on this. And that linchpin, I think could be, you know, whether or not everything is. 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. (05:36–05:41)

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