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On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
But I do think there is a Federal obligation here, because the contamination, my understanding, is that because of the BIA maintenance facility.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto highlights the federal responsibility for contamination affecting the tribe.

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