Oversight Hearing
before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
on
Native American Veterans Issues

Wednesday, May 21, 1997
9:30 a.m.
485 Russell Senate Office Building

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

WITNESS LIST

PANEL I

The Honorable Jesse Brown, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by: Mr. Willie Hensley, Director, Center for Minority Veterans, Dr. Alfonso R. Batres, Director, Readjustment Counseling Service, and Mr. Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service.



Mr. Al Borrego, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment & Training, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.

PANEL II

Mr. Arsenio Smiley, Navajo Code Talker, Church Rock, New Mexico



The Honorable Apesanahkwat, Chairman, Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin, Keshena, Wisconsin



The Honorable Anthony Pico, Chairman, Viegas Band of Kumeyaay, Alpine, California



The Honorable Samuel Penney, Chairman, Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, Lapwai, Idaho
Accompanied by: Mr. Steve Reuben, Tribal Member



Mr. Kali Watson, Chairman, Hawaiian Homes Commission, Department of Hawaiian Homelands, Honolulu, Hawaii



Mr. Ernie Stevens, First Vice President, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.