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Tom Cole: “You made a pretty strong pitch for Johnson-O'Malley money, which I could not agree with you more since about 90 percent…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2010
You made a pretty strong pitch for Johnson-O'Malley money, which I could not agree with you more since about 90 percent of native kids are actually not in reservation schools, they are someplace else, and that is something honestly we have not really substantively increased since 1995.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

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Cole supports increasing funding for Johnson-O'Malley, highlighting the lack of resources for Native students.

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