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Ed Bryant: “Probably 100 percent of them are being paid by taxpayers at either State expense, or certainly at Federal expense.”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
Probably 100 percent of them are being paid by taxpayers at either State expense, or certainly at Federal expense.
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Ed Bryant
Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the funding of certain programs or services during a floor speech.

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