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On the recordSeptember 16, 2015
How does the Federal Tort Claims Act help the Navajo? They lost a huge amount of irrigating water, which can have long-term devastating effects if drought continues and they do not have the water now or in the future. How can they be made whole?
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis questions the effectiveness of the Federal Tort Claims Act for the Navajo's water loss.

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