A last recommendation that we would like to offer is for Congress to appropriate $12 million to allow capacity building for indigenous peoples to participate in international conferences worldwide.
Sharp calls for funding to enhance Indigenous participation in global discussions.
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We will be seeking to increase prevention efforts, increase treatment and then also provide enhanced enforcement.
We need more funding. There is just simply no way around being able to build what we need to do to provide safe water without additional resources.
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We believe that that action in and of itself gets to the point that President Obama made that words are words, but action means so much more.