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Jon Tester: “It is long past time to address the problems with IHS. They have been identified time and time and time again.”

On the recordJune 12, 2017
It is long past time to address the problems with IHS. They have been identified time and time and time again.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester emphasizes the urgent need for reforms in the Indian Health Service.

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