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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJune 12, 2012
I have got community colleges in North Carolina that are visibly some of the best in the country. They have a graduation rate, after 6 years, of 28 percent.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina
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Discussing the graduation rates of community colleges in North Carolina.

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