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Tim Scott: “I could ask two questions. One, I would ask, does the gentleman know Virginia is renting out space to other States…”

On the recordAugust 4, 1998
I could ask two questions. One, I would ask, does the gentleman know Virginia is renting out space to other States because we have 3,000 beds we do not need? The other question is, could the gentleman tell me why Kentucky did not get any money at all from there?
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Questioning funding and resource allocation during a discussion on state budgets.

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