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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Organizational Business Meeting
Thursday, February 11, 2021
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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Organizational Business Meeting
Thursday, February 11 2021 – 11:00 AMLocation: Dirksen
Room Number: 628
Agenda
- Selection of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee.
- Adoption of the rules of the Committee for the 117th Congress.
- Adoption of the funding resolution for the Committee for the 117th Congress.
Notes
• Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), the new chairman of the committee, offered a welcome to two new members: Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota)
• Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the new vice chair, offers a welcome to Luján and Rounds as well.
• Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington),
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana), and Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) offered brief remarks.
• Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) and Luján were also in attendance at the meeting.
Actions
• By a voice vote, members of the committee formally approved Schatz as chair of the committee and Murkowski as vice chair.
• By a voice vote, members of the committee approved the rules of the committee for the 117th Congress.
• By a voice vote, members of the committee approved a funding resolution for committee for the 117th Congress.
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