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Jon Tester: They want to stay at home. They don't want to leave and get a job off-reservation.

On the recordApril 1, 2009
They want to stay at home. They don't want to leave and get a job off-reservation.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Tester highlights the preference of Native Americans to work locally rather than off-reservation.

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