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Jared Huffman: An important condition of my introducing this bill was that the Tribe negotiate agreements with its local government…

On the recordJune 16, 2015
An important condition of my introducing this bill was that the Tribe negotiate agreements with its local government neighbors.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman emphasizes the need for the Tribe to work with local governments before introducing the bill.

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