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Brian Schatz: “Two thirds of the problems were just a lack of human beings…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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'I'm Quite Worried': Brian Schatz Warns Staffing Cuts May Hurt Tribes Even After Govt. Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 05:06

… side of this shutdown and in a short term, continuing resolution while we work on the rest of the appropriations process. And then we find that, oh, it turns out Two thirds of the problems were just a lack of human beings to push out grants to communicate with tribes. and tribal leaders and programs that serve native people across the country. So I actually think we as a committee need to sort out to the extent that it's possible what is what. (05:06–05:23)

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Asserts that two-thirds of the problems are due to a lack of personnel to manage grants and communication with tribes.

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