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On the recordMarch 2, 1994
Reclaiming my time, I would indicate the very first thing we did in Pennsylvania is put on a 6-percent sales tax, which goes directly to public education. That is the first thing we did. The second thing I would say is, as I told you after the vote in committee, the minute you get that statehood vote up to 51 percent the other way, rather than the 48 percent, then I will be the first one here to make sure you get the same treatment that every State gets.
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William F. Goodling
Pennsylvania

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The speaker discusses Pennsylvania's sales tax and statehood voting.

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