02/23/2010
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"It should not be treated routinely the way any other application coming in because it is literally life and death services to tribal nations in many cases."
"It is important when money comes back to the agencies it does not go to the Treasury."
"Thank you for very much for your leadership. I know it was not easy."
"We should never have to. In the Indian Health Service, we are the ones who provide care just as the veterans do."