John Whitmire: “We signed an agreement with the state that we would follow…”

“You know, quit playing politics. This. You know, everybody's getting their sound bites. So now let's come up with language that the governor approves that follow state law. We signed an agreement with the state that we would follow state law if we got $114 million. And I will suggest to some of the folks that want to play political games, this is just his first step. He could cut out transportation money.” (01:44–01:50)

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