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Katie Porter: “I would again suggest to the gentleman that the assumption behind his statement is simply not accurate. For years, a…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1997
I would again suggest to the gentleman that the assumption behind his statement is simply not accurate. For years, a portion of this money went to support bureaucrats in local school districts that were part of a political patronage machine. Our own city of Chicago is an example and everyone knows that.
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Katie Porter
Democratic · California

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Addressing issues of funding and political patronage in local school districts.

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