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On the recordFebruary 3, 2009
We have taken and patched together school facilities, school infrastructure, fiscal--and we put patches on it because we never had enough money to be able to buy new in a quality facility.
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia

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Bishop discusses inadequate funding for school facilities leading to temporary fixes.

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