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Winsome Earle-Sears: “We have a billion dollar surplus on top of everything that…”

Featuring: Winsome Earle-Sears, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

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Winsome Earle-Sears Discusses Virginia's Economic Standing and Newport News Shipbuilding Visit

Published | Video Starts at 01:48

And then of course, just when we think about the metrics that the government was using, I think they're forgetting that in Virginia, we still have our triple A bond rating, whereas D.C. and Maryland lost theirs because of, well, certain types of … We have a billion dollar surplus on top of everything that I've just talked about. … billion back to the people of Virginia in the form of tax refunds. We are creating jobs at a massive clip. We have about $120 billion in new business commitments that want to come to Virginia. (01:48–01:56)

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