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T. Gorton: “To the effect that he had almost four times as many people in his office to manage the 8 or 10 percent of the money that…”

On the recordMay 2, 2000
To the effect that he had almost four times as many people in his office to manage the 8 or 10 percent of the money that came in from the Federal Government than he did to manage the 90 percent-plus of the money that came from the State government for education?
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

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Discussing the allocation of resources for education funding.

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