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On the recordJune 10, 2009
Why should Congress not apply the same criteria to the request of Native Hawaiians as is applied to the tribes that I deal with within the contiguous United States?
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis questions the criteria for Native Hawaiian requests compared to other tribes.

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