Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, left, and Roselyn Tso appear before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for Tso's nomination hearing to be director of the Indian Health Service on May 25, 2022. Photo: Navajo Nation Office of President and Vice President
WASHINGTON, D.C - The Biden administration's nominee to lead the Indian Health Service faced few questions at a long-awaited nomination hearing on Capitol Hill.
But Roselyn Tso, a citizen of the Navajo Nation told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday that she was ready to meet the challenges in delivering services to more than 2.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country. Chronic disparities in health care and health status have only been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the longtime IHS employee said.
"When I travel across the region to different IHS facilities, I am reminded of the many health disparities facing American Indians and Alaskan Natives - health disparities that in many cases were made worse by COVID-19," Tso said in her opening statement at her nomination hearing before the committee.
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