Witness list for Senate hearing on law and order
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Politics
The
Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a business meeting and a hearing tomorrow on a draft bill to address law and order in Indian Country.
The meeting starts at 9:30am. The agenda hasn't been released yet.
The hearing focuses on a
draft bill that affects a wide range of law and order issues. The witness list follows:
Panel 1
THE HONORABLE RON HIS HORSE IS THUNDER
Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
THE HONORABLE JOSEPH A. GARCIA
President, National Congress of American Indians
THE HONORABLE GRETCHEN SHAPPERT
United States Attorney, Western District of North Carolina, United States Department of Justice; Chair of the Department's Native American Issues Subcommittee, Charlotte, North Carolina
MR. W. PATRICK RAGSDALE
Director, Office of Law Enforcement Services, U.S. Department of the Interior
PROFESSOR KELLY STONER
Director, Native American Legal Resource Center and Clinical Programs, Oklahoma City University School of Law
MR. WALTER LAMAR
President and CEO, Lamar Associates
Relevant Documents:
Draft
Discussion Bill |
Concept
Paper |
Press
Release
Committee Notice:
BUSINESS
MEETING to consider pending legislative issues, to be followed immediately by a
HEARING on a draft bill to address law and order in Indian country. (June
19, 2008)
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