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Deb Haaland: “Congress's failure to adequately fund Indian country is a fundamental violation of this trust responsibility.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
Congress's failure to adequately fund Indian country is a fundamental violation of this trust responsibility.
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Deb Haaland
Democratic · New Mexico

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Critiques Congress for not fulfilling its obligations to Native Americans.

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