Listening Lounge: Senate hearing on gaming

Tuesday, February 28, 2006  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing on Indian gaming this morning. The witnesses included four tribal and non-tribal people from Oregon, where the Warm Springs Tribes are proposing an off-reservation casino.

You can download audio files in MP3 format. There were some technical difficulties at the beginning of the hearing so the introductory statement by Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyoming) was not captured.

• Testimony | Webcast
• Introductory Statements - 2:29 - 585k

Panel 1
• Testimony - 7:20 - 1.7MB | Q&A - 20:55 - 4.8MB
MR. GEORGE SKIBINE
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy and Economic Development for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior

Panel 2
• Testimony - 37:00- 8.5MB | Q&A - 31:01 - 7.1MB
THE HONORABLE RON SUPPAH
Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
THE HONORABLE CHERYLE KENNEDY
Chairwoman, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
THE HONORABLE CAROL YORK
Commissioner, Hood River County, Oregon
MR. MICHAEL LANG
Conservation Director, Friends of the Columbia Gorge
MS. CHERYL SCHMIT
Director, Stand Up For California