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On Wednesday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, will lead a group of Members in the Senate to speak on S.1723, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.
The legislation, introduced by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Murkowski, and Schatz would establish a federal commission to investigate, document, and acknowledge past injustices due to the federal government's former Indian Boarding School policies.
Event Details:
WHAT:
Schatz and Murkowski to lead Senate floor block.
WHO:
- U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i)
- U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
- U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)
- U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.)
WHEN:
TOMORROW, July 24, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. ET
LIVESTREAM:
Live video of the event will be available here.
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