Oversight Hearing Before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
on
S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
10:00 a.m.
Room 485 Russell Senate Building
Chairman McCain's Opening Statement
Vice Chairman Dorgan's Opening Statement
Senator Akaka's Opening Statement
THE HONORABLE ED CASE, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
THE HONORABLE ENI FALEOMAVAEGA, Delegate, American Samoa, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Witness List
Panel I
THE HONORABLE LINDA LINGLE, Governor, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Accompanied by: MR. MARK J. BENNETT, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Panel II
(DID NOT APPEAR) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Invited, Washington, DC
THE HONORABLE HAUNANI APOLIONA, Chair, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Honolulu, Hawaii
Accompanied by: MR. MICAH KANE, Chairman, State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Honolulu, Hawaii
THE HONORABLE TEX HALL, President, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC
Accompanied by: MS. JULIE KITKA, President, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage, Alaska
MS. JADE DANNER, Director of Government Affairs and Community Consultation, Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement, Honolulu, Hawaii