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On the recordJune 8, 2021
If confirmed, what are you going to do to modernize the BIA and its partnerships so it is there to support tribes and protect non-tribal members, especially in situations like the example I provided?
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan questions plans for modernizing the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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