When Chairman Hughes and others came and said we got too many crumbling schools, not just in Philly, but in reading and in Allentown and communities all across Pennsylvania, We create a fund for the first time ever with about a half a billion dollars in it to fix our crumbling schools. Democrats and Republicans solving problems. When Pennsylvania had the unfortunate distinction of being one of only two states in the entire nation that didn't fund indigent defense, didn't fund public defenders at the state level, you know what we did? (47:45–47:52)
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Asserts that a fund of about $500 million was created to fix crumbling schools.
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