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On the recordNovember 2, 2011
Statistically, Indians are the most impoverished group of people in our country and suffer from the highest rates of unemployment.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the economic struggles faced by Indigenous peoples in the U.S.

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