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On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
If you don't mind, one of the issues that was brought up was the issue of education and how potentially the expansion of wilderness land is going to have a negative impact on education...
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Maurice Hinchey
New York

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Hinchey argues that wilderness expansion positively impacts education funding.

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