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Howard Griffith: “Let me follow up on that, if I might, real quick. In one of my counties, when you take away the money that comes from…”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
Let me follow up on that, if I might, real quick. In one of my counties, when you take away the money that comes from Richmond and take away the money that comes from Washington for education, 70 percent of the tax dollars in that particular county are derived from the coal and natural gas severance tax. You eliminate coal, they don't know how they're going to be able to fund their schools. So we're not just talking about big business. We're talking about the schools and the classrooms and the students. {time} 2040
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia
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Jun 25, 2013

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