03/08/2016
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"The Infrastructure Bill restricts program support funding to Federal activities, which means the tribes that operate there, the projects directly, can't access this."
"But as we know, unfortunately, it is not the case for far too many of our Native communities."
"We absolutely agree that operation and maintenance funds are necessary to ensure that sanitation facilities projects can remain functional for their entire usable life."
"In Alaska, roughly 20 percent of Native homes don't have an adequate supply of clean water or a connection to a sewer system."