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On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think a theme that we were not hearing as articulately put until you raised it, Mr. Miller, is your very rural areas and rural schools--whether tribal nation schools, or rural schools, or rural hospitals--are all facing a lot of challenges with housing, internet connection, and pay for teachers, law enforcement, for everything.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota

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McCollum highlights challenges faced by rural and tribal schools and hospitals.

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