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Senate Indian Affairs (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.236, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), S.1513, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, S.2098, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, S.2735, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, H.R.681, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), H.R.2302, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, H.R.2388, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and H.R.3620, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. · Alaska News

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Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Murkowski

Elected

U.S. Senator · U.S. Senate

47 chunks
Clayton Holland

Clayton Holland

Superintendent · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

18 chunks

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Speaker H

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 12 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Steve Daines · Senator

U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced as 'Senator Daines' at 73:02
  • nameplate at 73:30: 'MR. DAINES'
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Speaker I

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 11 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Tina Smith · Senator

U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced as 'Senator Smith' at 62:26
  • nameplate at 62:30: 'MS. SMITH'
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Speaker B

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 22 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Brian Schatz · Vice Chairman

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (4)
  • nameplate at 16:00: 'MR. SCHATZ VICE CHAIRMAN'
  • introduced as 'Vice Chairman Schatz' at 17:59
  • nameplate at 30:00: 'MR. SCHATZ VICE CHAIRMAN'
  • addressed as 'Senator Schatz' at 33:43
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Speaker K

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 9 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: John Hoeven · Senator

U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced as 'Senator Hoeven' at 93:14
  • nameplate at 102:00: 'MR. HOEVEN'
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Speaker F

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 14 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Ben Ray Luján · Senator

U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced as 'Senator Lujan' at 78:50
  • nameplate at 79:30: 'MR. LUJÁN'
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Speaker D

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 38 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: William “Billy” Kirkland · Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Bureau of Indian Affairs

United States

Evidence (3)
  • introduced as 'Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Mr. Billy Kirkland' at 22:52
  • chyron at 34:30: 'The Honorable William “Billy” Kirkland Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior'
  • self-introduction at 34:38: 'My name is Billy Kirkland. I'm an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and currently serving as the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior.'
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Speaker J

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 9 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Catherine Cortez Masto · Senator

U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced as 'Senator Cortez Masto' at 68:42
  • nameplate at 69:30: 'MS. CORTEZ MASTO'
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Speaker G

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 4 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Kelly Armstrong · Senator

U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (3)
  • introduced as 'Senator Armstrong' at 18:29
  • addressed as 'Senator Armstrong' at 57:24
  • nameplate at 57:30: 'MR. ARMSTRONG'
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Speaker C

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 2 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Maria Cantwell · Senator

U.S. Senate

United States

Evidence (3)
  • introduced as 'Senator Cantwell' at 19:04
  • nameplate at 19:30: 'MS. CANTWELL'
  • addressed as 'Senator Cantwell' at 21:08