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On the recordJune 10, 2009
All of those kinds of issues, anything that would allow Native Hawaiians to not pay state taxes would have to be agreed to by the State of Hawaii.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono discusses tax agreements for Native Hawaiians with the State of Hawaii.

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