Hearing
before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
on
implementation and reauthorization of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Friday, May 10, 2002
Chairman Inouye's Opening Statement
Vice Chairman Campbell's Opening Statement
WITNESS LIST
Panel I
Ms. Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Managing Director, Education, Workforce &
Income Security Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Stephen Cornell, Director, Udall Center for Studies in Public
Policy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Panel II
The Honorable Dallas Massey, Sr., Chairman, White Mountain Apache
Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ
The Honorable Alvin Windy Boy, Chairman, Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Box Elder, MT
Accompanied by Toni Plummer, Director, Cherish Our Indian Children
Mr. Mike Peters, Tribal Secretary, Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe,
Agency Village, SD
Ms. Teresa Wall-McDonald, Salish & Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, MT
Panel III
Ms. Sarah Hicks, Director of Welfare Reform Program, National
Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC
Mr. Doug Howard, Director, Michigan Family Independence Agency,
President, American Public Human Services Assn., Washington, DC
Panel IV
Ms. Virginia Hill, Executive Director, Torres Martinez Tribal TANF,
Thermal, CA
Accompanied by Apesahnakwat, Public Relations, Tribal TANF, CA
Ms. Julie Quaid, President, National Indian Child Care Association,
Confederated Tribes of Warm Spring, Warm Springs, OR
Mr. Terry Cross, National Indian Child Welfare Association,
Portland, OR