The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing this Thursday to examine tribal programs and initiatives in the fiscal year 2011 budget.

The committee will hear from Obama administration officials and tribal leaders. The witness list follows:

Panel 1
THE HONORABLE TOM PERRELLI
Associate Attorney General, United States. Department of Justice

THE HONORABLE LARRY J. ECHO HAWK
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior

THE HONORABLE YVETTE ROUBIDEAUX
Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel 2
THE HONORABLE JEFFERSON KEEL
Vice-President, National Congress of American Indians

THE HONORABLE PATRICIA WHITEFOOT
President, National Indian Education Association

THE HONORABLE MARTY SHURAVLOFF
Chairman, National American Indian Housing Council

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING to Examine Tribal Programs and Initiatives Proposed in the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget (February 25, 2010)