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112th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Oversight Hearing on "Tribal development of energy resources and the creation of energy jobs on Indian lands"

Friday, April 1, 2011 | 11:00 AM 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Friday, April 1, 2011
11:00 a.m.





OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

  • "Tribal development of energy resources and the creation of energy jobs on Indian lands"

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Don Young
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Scott Russell
Secretary
Crow Tribe Executive Branch

Tex Hall
Chairman
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation

Ben Shelly
President
Navajo Nation

Panel II

Irene Cuch
Member - Business Committee
Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

Accompanied by:
Manuel Myore
Director
Ute Energy and Minerals Department

Michael Connolly
President
Laguna Resources Services, Inc.
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Neal McCaleb
Member
Chickasaw Nation

BACKGROUND:

The hearing is part of the American Energy Initiative, an ongoing effort by House Republicans to stop government policies that are driving up energy prices and expand American energy production to help lower costs and create jobs.