{"id":37022,"date":"2024-05-08T19:23:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=37022"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:05:44","slug":"audio-american-indian-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-afternoon-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/05\/08\/audio-american-indian-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-afternoon-session\/","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 1, Afternoon Session"},"content":{"rendered":"
AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 1, Afternoon Session<\/div>\r\n
Wednesday, May 8, 2024<\/div>\r\n
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<\/P>\r\nThe House Committee on Appropriations<\/a> is hearing from dozens of Indian Country leaders who are testifying about their funding needs for fiscal year 2025. This is the audio from the afternoon session of Day 1.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe witnesses are testifying before the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies<\/a>. Members of the panel will use the information as they develop the appropriations bill that funds the Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a>, the Bureau of Indian Education<\/a>, the Indian Health Service<\/a> and other key agencies that carry out the federal government’s trust and treaty responsibilities to tribes and their citizens.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe subcommittee is led by Rep. Mike Simpson<\/a> (R-Idaho), who serves as Republican chair and Rep. Chellie Pingree<\/a> (D-Maine), who is the Democratic ranking member. The leaders are vowing to work in a bipartisan fashion to develop the funding bill.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nFiscal year 2025 begins on October 1, 2024. \r\n

<\/p>\r\n• FULL PLAYLIST: American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 1, Afternoon Session May 7, 2024<\/a>\r\n

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