Oversight Hearing Before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
on
the President’s Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request
for Indian Programs.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
9:30 a.m.
Room 485 Russell Senate Building
Chairman McCain's Opening Statement
Witness List
Panel I
MR. JIM CASON, Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by: MR. ROSS SWIMMER, Special Trustee for American Indians, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
DR. CHARLES W. GRIM, Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland
Accompanied by: MR. GARY HARTZ, Acting Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Rockville, Maryland
MR. MICHAEL LIU, Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, D.C.
MS. VICTORIA VASQUES, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director of the Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education,
Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by: MS. CATHIE MARTIN, Deputy Director, Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.;
and MR. THOMAS CORWIN, Director, Division of Elementary, Secondary & Vocational Analysis, Budget Service, U.S. Department of Education,
Washington, D.C.
Panel II
THE HONORABLE TEX HALL, President, National Congress of American Indian , Washington, D.C.
MR. CHESTER CARL, Chairman, National American Indian Housing Council, Washington, D.C.
MR. J.T. PETHERICK, Executive Director, National Indian Health Board, Washington, D.C.
DR. DAVID BEAULIEU, President, National Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia