OVERSIGHT HEARING on Tribal Transportation: Paving the Way for Jobs, Infrastructure, and Safety in Native Communities

Thursday, September 15 2011
2:15PM
Dirksen Senate Office Building 628

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Hearing Transcript

Witnesses

Panel #  1

Mr. John Baxter
Associate Administrator
Office of Federal Lands Highway, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC

Accompanied By Mr. Robert Sparrow
Indian Reservation Roads Program Manager
Office of Federal Lands Highway, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC

Mr. Paul Tsosie
Chief of Staff
Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Accompanied by Mr. Leroy Gishi
Chief
Division of Transportation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Panel #  2

The Honorable Jefferson Keel
President
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC

Mr. C. John Healy
President
Intertribal Transportation Association, Harlem, MT

Panel #  3

The Honorable Charles W. Murphy
Chairman
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, ND

The Honorable Wes Martel
Co-Chairman
Joint Business Council for the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation, Fort Washakie, WY

Mr. Paulson Chaco
Director
Division of Transportation, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ

Ms. Jacque Hostler
Chief Executive Officer
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Trinidad, CA

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