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Patty Murray: “If we send our Federal taxpayer dollars to private schools, our citizens in our communities will not have the…”

On the recordJune 12, 2001
If we send our Federal taxpayer dollars to private schools, our citizens in our communities will not have the opportunity to go before a board that governs a private school to demand that their taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the implications of federal funding for private schools.

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