COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1328, To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. "Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Dr. Charles W. Grim
Director
Indian Health Service
U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources
Washington, D.C.

Honorable Robert Chicks
President
Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Bowler, WI

Honorable Buford Rolin
Chairman
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Atmore, AL

Honorable Kathy Hughes
Vice Chairwoman
Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin
Oneida, WI

Panel II

Dr. Thomas Stuart Walker
Ho-Chunk Health Care Center
Black River Falls, WI

Ms. Linda Holt
Chairperson
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Suquamish Tribal Council Member
Portland, OR

Ms. Valerie Davidson
Legal and Governmental Affairs
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Anchorage, AK

Mr. Edward P. Lazarus
Constitutional Scholar
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Los Angeles, CA