SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BORREGO 27 29 30 31 DRACH 10 11 12 14 20 21 23 EVANS 5 6 FAGNONI 6 9 FILNER 4 HUBBARD 18 MR. DRACH 23 QUINN 1 5 6 9 10 11 12 14 17 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 29 30 31 32 34 35 THOMAS 15 THOMPSON 32 34 35 WEST 24 WILLIAMS 35 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN QUINN PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF CYNTHIA M. FAGNONI, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ACCOMPANIED BY JEFFREY L. POUNDS, SENIOR EVALUATOR, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ATLANTA, GA PAGE 6 STATEMENT OF RONALD W. DRACH, CHAIRMAN, VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REHABILITATION PAGE 10 STATEMENTS OF HARLEY THOMAS, ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA; JAMES B. HUBBARD, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; RONALD W. DRACH, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; AND KELLI R. WILLARD WEST, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF HARLEY THOMAS PAGE 15 STATEMENT OF JAMES B. HUBBARD PAGE 18 STATEMENT OF RONALD W. DRACH PAGE 20 STATEMENT OF KELLI R. WILLARD WEST PAGE 24 STATEMENT OF ESPIRIDION (AL) BORREGO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PAGE 27 STATEMENT OF JOSEPH THOMPSON, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ACCOMPANIED BY JULIUS WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, VA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICE PAGE 32 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING