Oversight Hearing

Oversight Hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request for Tribal Programs

Date: February 15, 2007

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Russell

Room: 485

Witnesses

Mr. Jim 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.

Testimony

Dr. Charles Grim

Director, Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

Accompanied by: Mr. Robert McSwain, Deputy Director; Dr. Douglas Peter, Acting Chief Medical Officer; and Mr. Gary Hartz, Director Environment Health and Engineering, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

Testimony

Ms. Catherine Freeman

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

Accompanied by: Mr. Thomas Corwin, Director, Division of Elementary, Secondary & Vocational Analysis, Budget Service, U.S. Department of Education, Washington DC, and Ms. Cathie Carothers, Deputy Director, Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Mr. Orlando Cabrera

Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian Housing

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

The Honorable Regina Schofield

Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Mr. Marty Shuravloff

Chairman

National American Indian Housing Council, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

The Honorable Jefferson Keel

Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation

First Vice President, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Ms. H. Sally Smith

Chair

National Indian Health Board, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Dr. Verlie Ann Malina-Wright

President

National Indian Education Association, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

The Honorable Ivan Posey

Chairman

Shoshone Business Council of the Wind River Reservation, Ft. Washakie, WY

Testimony