Senator Lisa Murkowski - vice chairman of the Indian Affairs committee | Official U.S. Senate Headshot
Senator Lisa Murkowski - vice chairman of the Indian Affairs committee | Official U.S. Senate Headshot
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led a legislative hearing on Indian Affairs on February 8, 2024. The hearing saw testimony from a range of key figures in the field.
Among those who testified were "Assistant Secretary for Legislation Melanie Anne Egorin from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services" and "Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Kathryn Isom-Clause from the U.S. Department of the Interior".
Representing various tribes and communities, other speakers included "Ute Mountain Ute Tribe President Manuel Heart", "Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Chief Douglas Lankford", "Lower Sioux Indian Community President Robert Larsen", "Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Chairwoman Victoria Kitcheyan", and "Executive Director Angie Wilson from the Reno Sparks Indian Colony Tribal Health Center".
The full video of the legislative hearing is available for further reference.
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