News Release
U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped secure inclusion of Indian Affairs priorities and increased funding for Native communities in a bipartisan appropriations deal yesterday.
“Today’s bipartisan deal authorizes critical Indian Affairs priorities and delivers billions in federal dollars that will directly support Native health...