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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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