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


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