Indian Economic Development, Vol. 2: Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives One Hundred Third Congress First Session on Indian Economic Development

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Excerpt from Indian Economic Development, Vol. 2: Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives One Hundred Third Congress First Session on Indian Economic Development
The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9 a.m., at the Scottsdale Community College, 9000 E. Chaparral Road, Room Mb 115, Scottsdale, Arizona, the Hon. Bill Richardson (Chairman) presiding.
Present: Representatives Richardson and English.
Opening Statement Of Hon. Bill Richardson
Mr. Richardson. The Subcommittee on Native American Affairs will come to order. I am Representative Bill Richardson, Chairman of the Subcommittee, from Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are pleased to convene this field hearing in the State of Arizona. We are honored to be on the Salt River Pima Reservation at the Scottsdale Community College.
I would like to thank my good Mend and colleague Congresswoman Karan English for her kind invitation to Arizona to conduct this hearing on rural development initiatives in Indian country. She is a valued member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Native American Affairs.
This morning we are going to hear from several Tribes as to how they feel the Government can best assist them in their efforts to raise the standard of living for their tribal members. I look forward to hearing from each of them.
Let me say that this Subcommittee has been proceeding with a series of field hearings around the country in Indian country. We have been in Montana. We have been in Wyoming. We have been in Connecticut over the weekend, and we are now in your state. Our objective is to find out how we can include some positive economic development initiatives in the stimulus package. This has been one of the initiatives of your representative. Your representative is characterized by not waiting by moving, by being aggressive. She is targeting immediate action that could be part of our economic stimulus package to support Indian economic development. Now, she has some ideas on rural economic development in Indian country which we will be discussing today.
Let me just say that it is no secret that you have an outstanding member of Congress. I was in Salt Lake yesterday and about to catch a plane for Arizona, and I was reading about two of my great heroes, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King.
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