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On the recordApril 14, 2019
the present responsibility is very important, and I am not sure that every Member of Congress understands the importance of the responsibility that we have as Members of Congress to carry out that trust responsibility, to deal with the important issue of sovereignty and the self-determination that Native nations have, and to do so as co-equals.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan Grisham emphasizes the importance of Congress's responsibility towards Native nations' sovereignty.

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