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Pete Hoekstra: “I collect the taxes so the taxpayer who is over there has sent the dollars to Washington and I now work with the…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1998
I collect the taxes so the taxpayer who is over there has sent the dollars to Washington and I now work with the Congress or I am instructed by the Congress and I have created these 760 programs. So I need to communicate this to the local school district and say, all right, I have 760 programs. I need to communicate to you and tell you what they are. What do you need to do at that point?
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the need to communicate federal programs to local school districts.

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