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On the recordSeptember 25, 2008
It speaks to a process that, again, as Chairman Dorgan has noted, we want to make sure that when you utilize the process that we have set up through the agency to provide for this recognition, that it not be a--I think Senator Tester used the word--generational quest and a quest that can literally put you in a bankrupt situation or a financial stress that you look at and you say we simply can't even avail ourselves of this option because we don't have the time and we don't have the money.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska
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congress.gov
Sep 25, 2008

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Discussing the financial burdens of seeking federal recognition.

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