Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 response in Native communities
Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources
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Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources
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U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing, “
Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later.” The committee heard from the Indian Health Service’s Chief Medical Officer Michael Toedt, National Indian Health Board Chairperson William Smith, National Council of Urban Indian Health Board President Walter Murillo, Papa Ola Lōkahi Executive Director Sheri-Ann Daniel
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