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Jon Tester: Challenges stem from many sources: rural isolation, lack of institutional investment, poor health care, inadequate…

On the recordNovember 9, 2011
Challenges stem from many sources: rural isolation, lack of institutional investment, poor health care, inadequate educational institutions, and in some cases tribes were just cheated out of their opportunities which resulted in what some experts have described as 'a cycle of poverty.'
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester outlines various challenges contributing to poverty in Indian Country.

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