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On the recordMay 15, 2013
H.R. 1410 will break the promises explicitly made by the United States in 1986 and explicitly made by the State of Arizona in 2003.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Criticism of H.R. 1410 for violating past agreements with the Tohono O'odham Nation.

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