Whenever the Department of Defense gets into a contract with General Electric or Boeing or any of the other great organizations, that contract is carried out, even if it means supplemental appropriations.
Inouye criticized unequal treatment of contracts with Indian Tribes compared to other government contracts.
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it is and has always been Federal law and policy that Indian tribes recognized by the Federal Government stand on an equal footing to each other and to the Federal Government.
I implore you to honor treaty obligations and to exempt all tribes and programs serving tribes from the current and any future sequestration.
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