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Tammy Baldwin: “The budget request significantly cuts funding for public…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Tammy Baldwin Questions Secretary McMahon on Education Funding and Mental Health Grants

Published | Video Starts at 00:27

Close quote. You also said that eliminating the department is not about cutting federal funding for schools. Now, we have a The budget request significantly cuts funding for public schools, students, and educators. Now, a few days ago, the OMB director said that impoundment is still on the table, threatening to take funding away this year. And we have your spending plan for this year. (00:27–00:35)

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Asserts that the budget request proposes significant cuts to funding for public education.

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