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Jimmy Carter: “This legislative relief is unwarranted because of the preferential treatment and special advantage it would accord the…”

On the recordJune 5, 1980
This legislative relief is unwarranted because of the preferential treatment and special advantage it would accord the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe vis-a-vis other tribes whose circumstances may be similar.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning H.R. 5036 Without Approval

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