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Peter Welch: “The Department of Education funding from that department and…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:22:44

And I know that is not comforting to hear, but please know that we all care deeply about the public education system and we'll be defending it. Yeah, Well, I was going to say, you know, The Department of Education funding from that department and various programs...help keep our property taxes down. Because if that is abolished, that means all that burden is going to come back to the property taxpayer in Vermont. And property taxpayers in Vermont are totally overstretched. (1:22:44–1:22:53)

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Asserts that Department of Education funding helps reduce property taxes in Vermont.

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