On March 13, 2009, Chairman Dorgan and Vice Chairman Barrasso submitted the Senate Indian Affairs Committee’s “Views and Estimates” letter to the Senate Budget Committee, setting out the Committee comments on the President’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget request for Indian programs.
The urgent need to strengthen health care funding and increase health care availability and quality emerged as the top concern of tribal leaders from across the United States at a Tribal Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 5, with the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
Leaders from 224 Indian tribes took part in the session, which lasted eight and one half hours. It was co...
Representatives of some of the nation’s largest Indian organizations told the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee Thursday they applaud President Barack Obama’s new investments in Indian Country, but suggested a number of improvements to the budget outline for Indian programs.
Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-ND) called the hearing as part of his on-...
The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold a hearing Thursday, March 12 at 9:30 AM to review President Obama’s federal budget proposals for tribal programs for Fiscal Year 2010. The hearing will take place in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
"The federal government has important treaty commitments and trust responsibilities to Native Americans,...
Chairman Dorgan announces the agenda for the Tribal Leaders Summit to be held on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in 325 Russell Senate Office Building. The Summit will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Below is the agenda and the invitation to tribal leaders.
