Congressional Testimony

Apr 14, 2021
Michael Toedt, Chief Medical Officer, testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later  [PDF - 164 KB]

Sep 23, 2020
Michael Weahkee, Director, testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on S. 3937, Special Diabetes Programs for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2020, S. 3126, Native Behavioral Health Access Improvement Act of 2019, and S. 4556, a bill to authorize HHS to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California  [PDF - 159 KB]

Jul 22, 2020
Michael Weahkee, Director, testimony before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States on H.R. 6237, PRC for Native Veterans Act, H.R. 6535, Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act, and H.R. 7119, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2020.  [PDF - 318 KB]

Jul 1, 2020
Michael Weahkee, Director, testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Evaluating the Response and Mitigation to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Native Communities and S. 3650, Coverage for the Urban Indian Health Providers Act  [PDF - 318 KB]

Feb 5, 2020
Randy Grinnell, Deputy Director for Management Operations, statement for the record to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States on H.R. 4495, To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes  [PDF - 147 KB]

Nov 20, 2019
Chris Buchanan, Deputy Director, testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on S.2365, Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act of 2019 and S.1001, Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act  [PDF - 153 KB]

Nov 19, 2019
Chris Buchanan, Deputy Director, testimony before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States on Reviewing the Broken Promises Report: Examining the Chronic Federal Funding Shortfalls for Native Americans  [PDF - 187 KB]

Nov 13, 2019
Brandon Taylor, Chief of Staff, testimony before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States on Native American Child Protection Act  [PDF - 149 KB]

Oct 30, 2019
Benjamin Smith, Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs, testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health on Native Veterans' Access to Healthcare  [PDF - 268 KB]

Oct 7, 2019
Loretta Christensen, Chief Medical Officer, Navajo Area Office, testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs field hearing on America's Nuclear Past: Examining the Effects of Radiation in Indian Country  [PDF - 388 KB]