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On the recordFebruary 7, 2017
The Federal Government response to Gold King has been one of the most frustrating things I have seen the Navajo Nation go through in my time in Congress.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico
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Describing the frustrating federal response to the Gold King Mine disaster.

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