03/31/2009
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"I advocated for and we included in last year's funding bill $7 million for startup funding for the Department to begin consultations with tribes."
"The funding was provided for this effort in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act."
"this is kind of a last ditch five alarm fire"
"And a few years ago, I held a sucker summit."