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Tim Walz: “We've increased funding for victims of crime and we've…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Gov. Walz speaks at State of the State address [FULL SPEECH]

Published | Video Starts at 33:24

We've raised the age to purchase tobacco to 21. And we provided hundreds of millions of dollars to public safety institutions across the state to combat crime. We've increased funding for victims of crime and we've transformed the prison system. We've taken on a broken centralized problem that was in our state prison systems and consolidated around the idea ideas. We are breaking ground and creating a new state patrol headquarters for those who serve us. (33:24–33:29)

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