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Brooke Rollins: “There wasn't any money in the bank. They hadn't paid bills…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Keynote Lunch with United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins

Published | Video Starts at 11:05

And it was a new day, and I was hired to take over this think tank. And there were only a handful of employees. And many of you know the story, but There wasn't any money in the bank. They hadn't paid bills in forever. We couldn't make payroll. But again, God's hand and Wendy Graham and Dr. Jim and Ernie and many of the same crew that's still here today took a chance on me all those years ago. (11:05–11:10)

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Asserts that there was no money in the bank, bills were unpaid, and payroll couldn't be met.

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