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Senate Indian Affairs (Murkowski): Hearings to examine S.630, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the Quapaw Nation and certain members of the Quapaw Nation in accordance with the recommendation of the United States Court of Federal Claims, S.1514/H.R.2389, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S.2796, to provide for a land exchange in San Bernardino County, California, S.2871/H.R.2400, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe, S.3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and S.3475/H.R.2916, to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York. · Alaska News

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Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Murkowski

Elected

U.S. Senator · U.S. Senate

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Unknown speakers (5)

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Speaker F

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 9 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Kevin Armstrong · Senator

United States Senate

Evidence (3)
  • addressed as 'Senator Armstrong' at [35:30]
  • addressed as 'Senator Armstrong' at [36:48]
  • chyron at [37:00]: 'NAMED: MR. ARMSTRONG'
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Speaker C

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 18 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Bryan Mercier · Director

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Washington D.C.

Evidence (3)
  • introduced as 'Mr. Brian Mercier. He is the director at the Bureau of Indian affairs, the Department of Interior here in Washington D.C.' at [22:04]
  • chyron at [23:00]: 'Mr. Bryan Mercier Director Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior'
  • self-introduction: 'My name is Brian Mercier. ... I am also the Director of the Bureau of Indian affairs at the Department of Interior.' at [23:28]
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Speaker D

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 12 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: John Crockett · Deputy Chief

U.S. Forest Service

Washington, D.C.

Evidence (3)
  • introduced as 'Mr. John Crockett. He is the Deputy Chief of the Forest Service Department of Agriculture, also here in Washington, D.C.' at [22:04]
  • self-introduction: 'My name is John Crockett, and I'm a deputy chief in the U.S. forest Service.' at [26:56]
  • chyron at [27:00]: 'Mr. John Crockett Deputy Chief Forest Service Department of Agriculture'
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Speaker E

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Appears in 5 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Martin Heinrich · Senator

United States Senate

Evidence (2)
  • addressed as 'Senator Heinrich' at [30:38]
  • chyron at [31:00]: 'NAMED: MR. HEINRICH'
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Brian Schatz

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