many of the Tribes--in fact, all of the Tribes that are funded through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, through the Indian Health Service, those funds are, number one, not adequate to meet the needs of the community
Garcia discusses inadequate funding from federal sources for Tribes.
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I have long sought to provide equity and investment for our Nation's Native communities and rural infrastructure needs.
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if the funding, whether it is formula, percentages, no matter what happens with any funding that we are doing as the Federal Government with Tribal Governments, that that might need to be reevaluated.
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