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Al Franken: we owe Indian Country a special debt for our own negligence and our own guilt in not fully funding education and fully…

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
we owe Indian Country a special debt for our own negligence and our own guilt in not fully funding education and fully funding law enforcement and fully funding health care that we, by treaty, we are supposed to do.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken emphasizes the U.S. government's responsibility to fund services for Indian Country.

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