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Byron Dorgan: I stood on a street in a very small community recently on an Indian reservation and looked around 360 degrees, and I saw…

On the recordSeptember 3, 1996
I stood on a street in a very small community recently on an Indian reservation and looked around 360 degrees, and I saw HUD-owned housing--owned by HUD, I believe managed by the tribal housing authority--that was in such desperate condition it was absolutely shocking. I have seen bad housing.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the condition of HUD-owned housing on an Indian reservation.

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