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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
over 90 percent of the Jicarilla Apache Nation's government operations are funded with revenues from production of their oil and gas resources.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan highlights the funding reliance of the Jicarilla Apache Nation on oil and gas revenues.

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