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On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
If tribes know that they can count on this, if they know that they are going to be reimbursed fully, if the uncertainty that they have seen is eliminated, I am not so convinced that you need to go on the road with a staff to try to sell it.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Suggests that certainty in funding will naturally encourage tribal self-governance.

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