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Sen. Jack Reed corrected Education Secretary Linda McMahon's math during a budget hearing.

McMahon misstated the 10-year cost of education programs as "over a trillion dollars," when the actual amount was much lower.

The exchange occurred during a discussion about proposed cuts to education programs under President Donald Trump's 2026 budget.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed is many things.

He's the senior senator for the State of Rhode Island , having served in that office for 28 years. He's among the top Democrats on the U.S. Senate's Committee on Appropriations , and is the ranking member on the Committee on Armed Services.

But he's not, by his own admission, a "great" mathematician.

That didn't stop Reed from having a viral moment during a June 3 appropriations co

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