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Dan Boren: With tribes willing and able to invest in the energy industries, these numbers are unacceptable.

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
With tribes willing and able to invest in the energy industries, these numbers are unacceptable.
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Dan Boren
Oklahoma

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Boren highlights the low energy production from tribes despite their resources.

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