I mean, these are sovereign nations, and yet we are layering extra hoops to jump through on them constantly.
Cynthia Lummis: “I mean, these are sovereign nations, and yet we are layering extra hoops to jump through on them constantly.”
On the recordOctober 20, 2009
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Lummis highlights the unnecessary bureaucratic challenges faced by sovereign tribes.
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