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(Continued from Page 5) ment’s role, according to Slaughter: Continue to give money to universities for research and scholarship programs. In regard to more money: “It’s difficult to say. I’m sure it would be helpful in some fields if the government did more.”
• Farmers: “Agriculture is very important in the 7th District,” Slaughter said. He noted he was chairman of Virginia’s Agriculture Committee and helped draft the provision of tax assessment based on land use.
Slaughter said high interest rates were the biggest challenge facing farmers, especially on “sizable” farms where equipment purchases required a
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