Senate hearing on facilities in Indian Country

Thursday, March 6, 2008  

Audio Files:
• Opening Statements

• Panel 1 Testimony | Q&A [Before Recess] | Q&A [After Recess]

• Panel 2 Testimony | Q&A

Update: The committee came back around 11:30am.

The committee went into a recess around 11:10am for the vote.

Note: The committee will go into recess around 10:45am for a floor vote.

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding an oversight hearing this morning on the condition of jails, schools and health facilities in Indian Country.

The hearing starts at 10am and will be broadcast at http://indian.senate.gov/public/webcast.ram. The witness list follows:

Panel 1
MR. RANDY GRINNELL
Deputy Director, Management Operations, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Accompanied by: MR. GARY HARTZ, Director, Office of Environment Health and Engineering, Indian Health Service; and DR. RICK OLSEN, Director, Clinical and Prevention Services, Indian Health Service

MR. W. PATRICK RAGSDALE
Director, Office of Law Enforcement Services, U.S. Department of the Interior
Accompanied by: MR. JACK REVER, Director of Facilities, U.S. Department of the Interior

MR. DOMINGO HERRAIZ
Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice

Panel 2
THE HONORABLE WENDSLER NOSIE
Chairman, San Carlos Apache Tribe

MR. MONTY ROESSEL
Executive Director, Rough Rock Community School

MS. VALERIE DAVIDSON
Senior Director, Legal and Governmental Affairs, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Accompanied by: MR. RICK BOYCE, Director for Health Facilities Support, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on “The State of Facilities in Indian Country – jails, schools, and health facilities.” (March 6, 2008)

Inspector General BIA School Report:
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education: Schools in Need of Immediate Action (May 2007)

Inspector General Final Jail Report:
Text | PDF

Department of Justice Jail Reports:
Year 2002 | Year 2001 | Year 2000 | Years 1998-1999

Relevant Links:
Senate Indian Affairs Committee - http://indian.senate.gov

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