WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young will hold a Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs oversight hearing titled, “The Obama Administration’s Part 83 Revisions and How They May Allow the Interior Department to Create Tribes, not Recognize Them,” on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at noon (AK) 4:00 PM (Eastern) in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building.
WHAT: Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs oversight hearing titled, “The Obama Administration’s Part 83 Revisions and How They May Allow the Interior Department to Create Tribes, not Recognize Them.”
WHEN: Wednesday, April 22
12:00 PM (AK)
4:00 PM (Eastern)
WHERE: 1324 Hearing Room in the Longworth House Office Building
The hearing is open to the public and a live video stream will be broadcast live at House Committee on Natural Resources.
Member Statements:
Chairman Don Young (Alaska)
Witnesses and Testimony:
The Honorable Richard Blumenthal, United States Senator (CT)
Mr. Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary—Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Brian Cladoosby, President
National Congress of American Indians
Washington, DC
The Honorable Robert Martin, Chairman
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Banning, CA
Mr. Glen Gobin, Vice-Chair and Business Committee Chair
Tulalip Tribes
Tulalip, WA
The Honorable Fawn Sharp, President
Quinault Indian Nation
Taholah, WA
Mr. Donald C. Mitchell
Attorney at Law
Anchorage, AK
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