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Al Franken: “When Senator Tester, the ranking member, talked about woeful levels of funding in Indian Country on education, the Leech…”

On the recordMay 12, 2015
When Senator Tester, the ranking member, talked about woeful levels of funding in Indian Country on education, the Leech Lake School, the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School is an example of a school I visited a few weeks ago.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken highlights the poor funding for education in Indian Country.

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