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Susan Collins

Shenna in Her Own Words, Episode 6 Federal Mandate - Oct. 24, 2014

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SHENNA BELLOWS:

Measures like No Child Left Behind and Common Core are federal mandates that are being implemented in such a way that are children are suffering....

And what I said in the earlier debate wasn't that Common Core was a federal mandate but that measures like No Child Left Behind and Common Core are harming our schools….

Measures like No Child Left Behind and Common Core are federal mandates….

And what I said in the earlier debate wasn't that Common Core was a federal mandate….

MALE: Um…can we follow up on Common, Common Core, because that came up in last night's debate and there was some confusion over...You called it a federal mandate, but then, but then….

BELLOWS:

No, but but, I didn't actually….

Measures like No Child Left Behind and Common Core are federal mandates….

MALE: But then, but then….

BELLOWS:

But but, I didn't, actually….

Measures like No Child Left Behind and Common Core are federal mandates….

And what I said in the earlier debate wasn't that Common Core was a federal mandate….

MALE: But then, but then….

BELLOWS: But but, I didn't, actually.