WASHINGTON DC –
SENATE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO HOLD CONFIRMATION HEARING ON NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR OF INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, announced the committee will conduct a confirmation hearing Thursday morning, February 7 at 9:30 AM for Robert McSwain, President Bush’s nominee to be Director of the Indian Health Service.
If confirmed, Mr. McSwain would serve a term of four years. He has served as Acting Director of the Indian Health Service since September 2007. President Bush nominated him to be the Director on December 19.
Details follow:
WHO: Senator Byron Dorgan, Chair; Senator Lisa Murkowski, Vice Chair; other members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
WHAT: Confirmation hearing, Robert McSwain, nominee to be Director of the Indian Health Service
WHEN: 9:30 AM, Thursday, February 7
WHERE: 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
WHY: To consider the President’s nomination of Robert McSwain to be Director of the Indian Health Service for a term of four years.