03/25/2015
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"Senator Heitkamp and I worked to pass legislation generally referred to as the General Welfare Exclusion Act."
"Would the folks I know in my Rural Development office in Topeka have had specific training through USDA with regard to issues in dealing with tribes?"
"I would just point out that I am here serving in my capacity as a member of this Committee but there are four or five of us on this Committee who are members of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommi..."
"The constant concern, and there was plenty of evidence before and after passage of the legislation, is that the IRS agents were not at all properly trained in interacting with tribes."