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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
I don't think this is going to happen without somebody like you in your position as Secretary of interior intervening and making this a priority.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana
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Editor's note · Context

Tester emphasizes the need for Secretary Haaland's intervention for water settlement approval.

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