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Christopher Shays: “So your reference that one tribe would clearly not want gambling, it is a fact that these tribes did want gambling and…”

On the recordMay 8, 2007
So your reference that one tribe would clearly not want gambling, it is a fact that these tribes did want gambling and the only way you could get this bill through the Chamber was to take it out, and you said on the floor, I think I heard you correctly, that it was an outrage to take it out and it took away their rights and so on.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Discussing the implications of a bill related to tribal gambling rights.

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