Witness list for SCIA oversight hearing on tribal transportation

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold an oversight hearing this Thursday on tribal transportation issues.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witness list follows:

Panel # 1
Mr. John Baxter
Associate Administrator, Office of Federal Lands Highway

Accompanied By Mr. Robert Sparrow
Indian Reservation Roads Program Manager, Office of Federal Lands Highway

Mr. Paul Tsosie
Chief of Staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

Accompanied by Mr. Leroy Gishi
Chief, Division of Transportation, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Panel # 2
The Honorable Jefferson Keel
President, National Congress of American Indians

Mr. C. John Healy
President, Intertribal Transportation Association

Panel # 3
The Honorable Charles W. Murphy
Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

The Honorable Wes Martel
Co-Chairman, Joint Business Council for the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes

Mr. Paulson Chaco
Director, Division of Transportation, Navajo Nation

Ms. Jacque Hostler
Chief Executive Officer, Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Tribal Transportation: Paving the Way for Jobs, Infrastructure, and Safety in Native Communities(September 15, 2011)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee roundtable and two hearings (9/7)