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Rick Lazio: It is not just incumbent upon, but morally, historically, and politically imperative that Congress refrain from…

On the recordApril 9, 2013
It is not just incumbent upon, but morally, historically, and politically imperative that Congress refrain from statutorily changing programmatic features of the Indian Housing Block Grant program.
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Rick Lazio
New York

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Stresses the importance of not altering the Indian Housing Block Grant program by Congress.

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