If you recall when I first came into Congress, shortly before I was sworn in, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights came out with the Broken Promises report and pretty much laid that out over decades and decades that tribes have been underfunded in so many ways.
Haaland references a report highlighting long-term underfunding of tribal programs.
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why can't our families pay our bills? Crime, poverty, homelessness, addiction.
Crime, poverty, homelessness, addiction. They will keep pulling us down if we do the same things and expect a different result.
I am here because they persevered, and I think Native folks across the country recognize that they’re where they are because they persevered.
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