04/09/2014
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"I would like to thank Senator Tim Johnson for his leadership in bringing this hearing to South Dakota."
"While nationwide it is viewed as a crisis when unemployment nears 9 or 10 percent, at Standing Rock we have long-term unemployment, year after year, in excess of 50 percent."
"Poverty on our reservation remains widespread, with 4 in every 10 homes on the reservation earning less than 30 percent of Median Family income for the area."
"I am counting on them to lead the charge to create more jobs and grow our economy."