{"id":539794,"date":"2026-05-20T13:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=539794"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:26:14","slug":"testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimony: Clayton Fulton of Indian Health Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Testimony: Clayton Fulton of Indian Health Service<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, May 20, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u2022 PDF: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/5-20-26-testimony-clayton-fulton\/>Testimony of Clayton Fulton<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe following is the written testimony of Clayton Fulton, chief of staff at the <a href=https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/>Indian Health Service (IHS).\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFulton appears before the <a href=https:\/\/indian.senate.gov\/>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> at an Oversight Hearing to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearings\/oversight-hearing-to-examine-the-presidents-budget-requests-for-fiscal-year-2027-for-the-bureau-of-indian-affairs-and-the-indian-health-service\/\">Examine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service<\/a>.\u201d He provides testimony about the IHS, which is part of the <a href=https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/>Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-539750\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"539750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-1.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539750\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-539748\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"539748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539748\" \/><\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-539749\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"539749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-3.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539749\" \/><\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-539751\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"539751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539751\" \/><\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-539752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"539752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-5.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539752\" \/><\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-539753\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"539753\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/20\/testimony-clayton-fulton-of-indian-health-service\/clayton-fulton-testimony-052026-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Testimony of Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.\u201d May 20, 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-6.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Clayton Fulton\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539753\" \/><\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearings\/oversight-hearing-to-examine-the-presidents-budget-requests-for-fiscal-year-2027-for-the-bureau-of-indian-affairs-and-the-indian-health-service\/>Business Meeting to consider several bills &#038; Oversight Hearing to \u201cExamine the President\u2019s Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service\u201d<\/a> (May 20, 2026)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 20, 2026.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":539750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,20,1,14],"tags":[5366,7468,6909,248,210,213,91],"class_list":["post-539794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-119th","tag-clayton-fulton","tag-fy2027","tag-hhs","tag-ihs","tag-scia","tag-senate","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20\/Clayton-Fulton-Testimony-052026-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2gqm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539794","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=539794"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539815,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539794\/revisions\/539815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}