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Eni Faleomavaega: “If Congress had acted earlier, if this legislation as authored by Senator Akaka and Congressman Abercrombie had been in…”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
If Congress had acted earlier, if this legislation as authored by Senator Akaka and Congressman Abercrombie had been in existence at the time, I submit there would have been a completely different analysis of it.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

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Faleomavaega argues that earlier congressional action could have changed court analysis regarding Native Hawaiian rights.

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