{"id":123987,"date":"2025-03-04T19:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T01:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=123987"},"modified":"2025-03-04T19:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T01:17:01","slug":"urban-indian-health-leaders-attend-president-trumps-first-address-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/04\/urban-indian-health-leaders-attend-president-trumps-first-address-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Indian health leaders attend President Trump&#8217;s first address to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/08\/08\/inflation-reduction-act-brings-new-climate-and-energy-investments-to-indian-country\/uscapitol-15\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"27077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/08\/08\/inflation-reduction-act-brings-new-climate-and-energy-investments-to-indian-country\/uscapitol-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/08\/uscapitol-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1659744004&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0017543859649123&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"U.S. Capitol\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;U.S. Capitol&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Capitol is seen on August 5, 2022. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/08\/uscapitol-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/08\/uscapitol-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Capitol\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27077\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The U.S. Capitol houses the legislative branch of the federal government. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a>Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Urban Indian health leaders attend President Trump&#8217;s first address to Congress<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, March 4, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTwo leaders in urban Indian health are attending President Donald Trump&#8217;s first address to Congress as guests of Democratic lawmakers.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nWalter Murillo, the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativehealthphoenix.org\/\">Native Health<\/a> in Arizona, is  <a href=https:\/\/x.com\/RepGregStanton\/status\/1897081400488341755>attending as a guest<\/a> of <a href=https:\/\/stanton.house.gov\/2025\/3\/stanton-announces-native-health-ceo-as-guest-for-trump-s-joint-address-to-congress>Rep. Greg Stanton<\/a> (D-Arizona). Murillo, who is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation, also serves as president of the board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncuih.org\/\">National Council of Urban Indian Health<\/a> (NCUIH).\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;I am honored to be Congressman Stanton&#8217;s guest for the Joint Session of Congress,&#8221; Murillo said in a  <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2025\/03\/04\/ncuih-applauds-the-invitation-of-native-health-leaders-at-joint-session-of-congress\/\">NCUIH news release<\/a> on Tuesday. &#8220;He has been a steadfast champion for Native health of Phoenix and for Native communities throughout Arizona.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nativehealthphx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NativeHealthPHX<\/a> CEO Walter Murillo as my guest to President Trump\u2019s Joint Address tonight. Native Health has served thousands of patients at their community health centers, and many of those patients rely on Medicaid to pay for their treatment.<br><br>The Republican cuts\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVEHvVYhL3\">pic.twitter.com\/YVEHvVYhL3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. Greg Stanton (@RepGregStanton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGregStanton\/status\/1897081400488341755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDr. Linda Son-Stone is the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnch.org\/\">First Nations Community HealthSource<\/a> in New Mexico. She is    <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rep_Stansbury\/status\/1897019919512068411\">attending as a guest<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/stansbury.house.gov\/\">Rep. Melanie Stansbury<\/a> (D-New Mexico).\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;I am deeply honored to be Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury&#8217;s guest at the Joint\r\nSession of Congress,&#8221; Son-Stone said. &#8220;Congresswoman Stansbury has been a tireless and unwavering advocate for our Native communities.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our communities\u2019 voices must be heard. That\u2019s why I invited Dr. Linda Son-Stone, CEO of First Nations Community HealthSource, as my guest for tonight\u2019s joint address to Congress.<br><br>Cuts to Tribal programs, Medicaid, and other vital programs will impact thousands of families in New\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nHTTy0RZZE\">pic.twitter.com\/nHTTy0RZZE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. Melanie Stansbury (@Rep_Stansbury) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rep_Stansbury\/status\/1897019919512068411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTrump&#8217;s address  to a joint session of Congress takes place at the U.S. Capitol  at 9pm Eastern on Tuesday.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walter Murillo, the CEO of Native Health in Arizona, and Dr. Linda Son-Stone, the CEO of First Nations Community HealthSource, are guests of Democratic lawmakers at a joint session of Congress.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20,1,14],"tags":[5366,42,170,346,94,75,6157,836,6155,6156,367,167,85,6,6154],"class_list":["post-123987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-119th","tag-arizona","tag-congress","tag-dc","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-fnch","tag-greg-stanton","tag-linda-son-stone","tag-native-health-phoenix","tag-ncuih","tag-new-mexico","tag-republicans","tag-urban-indians","tag-wlater-murillo","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/08\/uscapitol-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-wfN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123987"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123994,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123987\/revisions\/123994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}