The Senate Indian Affairs Committee. will hold an oversight hearing next Thursday on unemployment in Indian Country.

The hearing will take place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. A witness list hasn't been made public.

The hearing is the committee's first of the second session of the 111th Congress. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) , the chairman of the committee, is retiring at the end of the year.

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on “Unemployment on Indian Reservations at 50%: The Urgent Need to Create Jobs in Indian Country” (January 28, 2010)

Relevant Documents:
Letter to Tribal Leaders (January 13, 2010)

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