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Daniel Inouye: “I implore you to honor treaty obligations and to exempt all tribes and programs serving tribes from the current and any…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
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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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

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Inouye emphasized the need to honor treaty obligations amid funding cuts.

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