Clyburn: SC will get all its stimulus money

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn vows to make sure South Carolina gets all the federal stimulus money it is due.

By: The Associated Press | Media General
Published: April 06, 2009

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn vows to make sure South Carolina gets all the federal stimulus money it is due.

Clyburn said at The Citadel Monday he's working to make sure not a single dime goes elsewhere.

Gov. Mark Sanford last week met a deadline telling the federal government the state intends to apply for money. But Clyburn says the state now faces a June 17th deadline for giving Washington its specific plans for the money.

Sanford controls over $700 million and wants to use the money to pay down state debt. The stimulus bill calls for the money to be used for education and public safety.

Clyburn says simply Sanford is against public education and will do anything he possibly can to destroy it.