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Morgan Griffith: “In 1990, the swimming pool I grew up with and I still swim…”

Featuring: Morgan Griffith, Republican | U.S. House Virginia, District 9

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Morgan Griffith Presses Expert On Mandatory Divestiture Policy For All Members Of Congress

Published | Video Starts at 01:20

And I to this day do not know what my wife did with the $6,000. She's wearing it around her neck. So what I did do though, because I was trying to do the right thing. In 1990, the swimming pool I grew up with and I still swim competitively today, not very fast, but I'm still in there, was in trouble. And I led a group to buy it out. And we bought it out and my family owns about 20%. If we have a mandatory divestiture, the company because the biggest asset, and it's worth more than you might think, it's not worth a fortune, but it sits on 3.2 acres of prime land. (01:20–01:40)

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