WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Mark Cruz, President Trump's nominee to be director of the Indian Health Service, from a June 24, 2026, confirmation hearing:

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Waq'lis'i, Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and distinguished members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. My name is Mark Cruz. I am deeply honored--as are my family, the Klamath Tribes, and my fellow Oregonians--that . . .

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