Hearing Before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
on
S. 578, the Tribal Government Amendments to the
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
2:00 p.m.
Room 216 Hart Senate Building
Vice Chairman Inouye's Opening Statement
Witness List
Panel I
THE HONORABLE THOMAS B. HEFFELFINGER, U.S. Attorney, State of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, representing the U.S. Department of Justice
MR. TERRY VIRDEN, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Washington, D.C.
Representative of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, D.C.
Panel II
THE HONORABLE ROLAND E. JOHNSON, Governor, Pueblo of Laguna, Laguna Pueblo,
New Mexico
THE HONORABLE AUDREY BENNETT, President, Prairie Island Indian Community,
Welch, Minnesota
THE HONORABLE EARL OLD PERSON, Chief and Tribal Council Member, Blackfeet
Tribal Business Council, Browning, Montana
THE HONORABLE VIVIAN JUAN-SAUNDERS, Chairwoman, Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells,
Arizona
THE HONORABLE ALVIN WINDY BOY, Chairman, Chippewa Cree Business Committee,
Box Elder, Montana
Panel III
THE HONORABLE TEX HALL, President, National Congress of American Indians,
Washington, D.C.
MR. GARY EDWARDS, Chief Executive Officer, National Native American Law
Enforcement Association, Washington, DC
MR. TIM SANDERS, Emergency Operations Coordinator of Gila River Indian
Community Office of Emergency Management, Gila River Indian Community,
Sacaton, Arizona