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On the recordJune 8, 2011
I have to say that I hear a lot of frustration from the tribes that I speak to and the chairmen that I speak to and the members of the tribes that I speak to about the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the bureaucracy and the responsiveness of it.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken expresses frustration from tribes regarding Bureau of Indian Affairs' responsiveness.

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