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Heidi Heitkamp: “This isn't Cadillac, this is bare subsistence, this is bare existence. These are atrocious, appalling conditions that…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
This isn't Cadillac, this is bare subsistence, this is bare existence. These are atrocious, appalling conditions that should not happen in this Country.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Heitkamp emphasizes the dire living conditions of Native American families.

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