Testimony: Bringing States Together to Protect the Border

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Thomas K. Lindsay, Ph.D.

Tom K. Lindsay, Ph.D., is a distinguished senior fellow for Next Generation Texas at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction, including service as a dean, provost, and college president.

“Testimony: Bringing States Together to Protect the Border” contains Center for Tenth Amendment Action Director Dr. Tom Lindsay’s testimony before the Senate Committee on State Affairs in support of Senate Bill 1252.

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