In P13: N72 975-3 INTERIOR NOMINATION 94-1 HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS CONTENTS Page 33 Dole, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas-- Fannin, Hon. Paul J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona_. Frizzell, Dale Kent, nominee to be Under Secretary of the Department of Hansen, Hon. Clifford P., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming. Hatfield, Hon. Mark O., a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon___ Jackson, Hon. Henry M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington_. Kleppe, Hon. Thomas S., Secretary, Department of the Interior___. Pearson, Hon. James B., a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas__ Risingsun, Ted, member, Tribal Council, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Stevens, Hon. Ted, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska_. Tonasket, Mel, president, National Congress of American Indians-- ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Biographical sketch of Kent Frizzell.. Skubitz, Hon. Joe., a U.S. Representative from the State of Kansas, letter Mansfield, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana, letter Appendix I.-Material submitted by Mr. Frizzel in response to committee Appendix II.—Additional material submitted by the National Congress of NOMINATION OF DALE KENT FRIZZELL TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1975 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 3110 Dirksen Office Building, Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, presiding. Present: Senators Jackson, Metcalf, Fannin, Hansen, and Hatfield. Also present: Owen J. Malone, senior counsel; and W. O. Craft, Jr., deputy minority counsel. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. HENRY M. JACKSON, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The purpose of this morning's hearing is to consider the President's nomination of Mr. Dale Kent Frizzell, of Kansas, to be Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Kent Frizzell is well known to the committee. His confirmation as Solicitor of the Interior Department was considered and recommended by the committee on April 16, 1973. Since then, his duties as Solicitor have involved many contacts with the committee and its members. More recently, he has served the Interior Department as Acting Secretary following the resignations of Secretaries Morton and Hathaway. He also served as Assistant Attorney General for Land and Natural Resources at the Department of Justice from January 1972 to April 1973. So this nominee comes to the committee this morning with more than 2 years of policymaking experience in the Department of the Interior, and with much exposure to the Department's responsibilities for the Nation's vitally important energy, natural resource, Indian affairs, and other programs. Mr. Frizzell, we welcome you back to the committee. In selecting you as Under Secretary-the No. 2 policymaking position in the Department-the President is proposing for you a greatly broadened role in matters of high importance to the Nation and this committee. We are looking forward to hearing your statement and to reviewing your qualifications for this high office. Without objection, a biographical sketch of the nominee will be printed in full at this point in the record. [The biographical sketch follows:] (1) |