Witness list for hearing on off-reservation gaming

Tuesday, January 31, 2006  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding an oversight hearing tomorrow on "Off-Reservation Gaming: The Process for Considering Gaming Applications." Here is the witness list [Link]:

Panel I
MR. GEORGE SKIBINE, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy and Economic Development for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
MS. PENNY COLEMAN, Acting General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, DC

Panel II
THE HONORABLE JOHN BARNETT, Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Longview, Washington
MR. AL ALEXANDERSON, (on behalf of Citizens Against Reservation Shopping, Stand Up for Clark County, and American Land Rights Association), Battleground, Washington
MR. DUANE KROMM, Supervisor, Solano County Board of Supervisors, (on behalf of the California State Association of Counties) Fairfield, California
MS. LIZ THOMAS, Spokesperson, Tax Payers of Michigan Against Casinos, Union Pier, Michigan

The hearing begins at 9:30am and will be held in Senate Dirksen Room 106. It will be broadcast online at http://indian.senate.gov.

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