Witness list for hearing on Native Hawaiian bill
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Filed Under:
Recognition
The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on
S.1011,
the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act.
The bill extends the policy of self-determination to Native Hawaiians.
President Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii, has said he supports the bill.
The witness list follows:
Panel 1
THE HONORABLE SAM HIRSCH
Deputy Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Panel 2
THE HONORABLE HAUNANI APOLIONA
Chair, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
PROFESSOR STUART M. BENJAMIN
Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research, Duke Law School
THE HONORABLE MICAH A. KANE
Chairman, Hawaiian Homes Commission
MR. H. CHRISTOPHER BARTOLOMUCCI
Partner, Hogan & Hartson
MS ROBIN PUANANI DANNER
President & CEO, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
Committee Notice:
HEARING on S. 1011, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009 (August 6, 2009)
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