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Byron Dorgan: “The Indian Health Service is only funded at about one half of its need.”

On the recordApril 22, 2009
The Indian Health Service is only funded at about one half of its need.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan highlights the inadequate funding for the Indian Health Service.

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