Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Oversight Hearing on the
President’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request
for Indian Programs
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
2:30 p.m.
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
WITNESS LIST
Panel I
MR. JAMES CASON,Associate Deputy Secretary, 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. ROBERT G. McSWAIN, Deputy Director, Indian Health; DR. W. CRAIG VANDERWAGEN, M.D.,
Acting Chief Medical Officer, Indian Health Service; MR. GARY
HARTZ, Director, Office of Environmental Health and Engineering, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland
MS. DARLA MARBURGER, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
Accompanied by:MS. CATHIE CAROTHERS, Acting Director of
Office of Indian Education, and MR. TOM CORWIN, Director of Division of Elementary and Secondary
Vocational Analysis, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
MR. ORLANDO CABRERA,Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by:MR. ROGER BOYD, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public and
Indian Housing, Office of Native American Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.;
and MS. PAULA BLUNT,General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public and
Indian Housing, Office of Native American Programs, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.
MS. REGINA SCHOFIELD, Assistant Attorney General, Office of
Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Panel II
THE HONORABLE JOSEPH A. GARCIA, President, National
Congress of American Indian, Washington, D.C.
THE HONORABLE KATHLEEN KITCHEYAN, Member, Board of
Directors, National Indian Health Board, Washington, DC, and Chairwoman, San Carlos Apache Tribal Council,
San Carlos, Arizona
MR. RYAN WILSON , President, National Indian Education
Association, Alexandria, Virginia
MS. CHERYL PARISH, Secretary & Board Member, National
American Indian Housing Council, Washington, DC
MR. GARY EDWARDS, Chief Executive Officer, National Native
American Law Enforcement Association, Washington, DC