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Shri Thanedar: “When I was in the Michigan State House, I worked on the…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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How his Past Guides his Future, Shri Thanedar's Political Journey

Published | Video Starts at 55:40

How has it been advocating to get resources here and what has been like your key focus of like what will help solve some of these problems? Well, look, When I was in the Michigan State House, I worked on the appropriations... I was able to bring a lot of money for education for Detroit. raise the per pupil equity for the first time. And the two years that I was in Michigan, those two years were the highest education budget we ever had. (55:40–55:50)

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