Witness list for Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on Trump budget

Monday, May 6, 2019  

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking up the Trump administration's fiscal year 2020 budget request for tribal programs at a hearing on Wednesday.

The request seeks $2.8 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education. That's nearly $300 million below current levels.

The Indian Health Service, on the other hand, fares better. The budget seeks $5.9 billion for the agency, an increase of $392 million above current levels.

A panel of federal officials and tribal leaders will testify at the hearing, which will be broadcast on the committee's website. The witness list follows:

Panel 1
THE HONORABLE TARA MAC LEAN SWEENEY
Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

REAR ADMIRAL CHRIS BUCHANAN
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD

THE HONORABLE JEFFERSON KEEL
President, National Congress of American Indians
Washington, DC

THE HONORABLE ANDREW JOSEPH JR.
Portland Area Representative
National Indian Health Board
Washington, DC

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