Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on budget
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Filed Under:
Politics
The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee held its first oversight hearing of the 112th Congress this morning.
The committee heard from federal officials and tribal leaders about funding for Indian programs. The hearing lasted about 2.5 hours.
• Opening Statements (13:45)
Panel # 1
• Testimony (13:55) |
Q&A (58:00)
The Honorable Larry J. Echo Hawk
Assistant
Secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
The Honorable
Yvette Roubideaux
Director, Indian Health Service U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Panel # 2
• Testimony (31:16) |
Q&A (9:20)
The Honorable W. Ron Allen
Treasurer,
National Congress of American Indians, and Chairman, Jamestown S'KIaIlam Tribe
Ms. Mary Jane Wak Wak
President, National Indian Education
Association
The Honorable Earl J. Barbry Sr
Chairman, United South
and Eastern Tribes, Inc., and Chairman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
The Honorable James Steele, Jr
First Vice-President, Affiliated
Tribes of Northwest Indians, and Council Member, Confederated Salish &
Kootenai Tribes
Panel # 3
• Testimony / End (25:36)
The Honorable John BlackHawk
Chairman,
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
The Honorable Michael O. Finley
Chairman,
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
The Honorable Walter
Dasheno
Governor, Pueblo of Santa Clara
Committee Hearing:
OVERSIGHT
HEARING on the President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget for Tribal Programs
(March 15, 2011)
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