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Veronica Escobar: “This is a pretty typical Republican strategy that they're…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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I met with the Secretary of the Education Department.

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

And so this is being done in a very haphazard way. The other thing that is clear to me is that This is a pretty typical Republican strategy that they're engaging in, which is let's dismantle the bureaucracy and send all the money to the states. And, you know, according to her, kids would not be impacted and programs would not be impacted. But what I said to her in the meeting was, of course they will be impacted. (02:18–02:32)

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Asserts that Republicans aim to dismantle federal bureaucracy and redirect funds to states.

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