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Paul Coverdell: “No county school board had to raise taxes, no State had to raise income taxes, no Federal taxes were required to…”

On the recordApril 22, 1998
No county school board had to raise taxes, no State had to raise income taxes, no Federal taxes were required to accomplish a $10 billion resource coming to the aid of children throughout all of our country. So this, among the other reasons listed by the Finance chairman, would be the reason I oppose the amendment.
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Paul Coverdell
Georgia

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Opposing an amendment related to funding for children's resources.

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