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Mike Simpson: “It should never cost $6,500 to get permits on Indian land when right next door it is $75 on non-Indian land. So that is…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
It should never cost $6,500 to get permits on Indian land when right next door it is $75 on non-Indian land. So that is something we need to look at, too.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson highlights the disparity in permit costs between Indian and non-Indian lands.

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