SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BILIRAKIS       11     12     13  
BORREGO         85     88  
BURNS           97  
CATLETT         15     17     18     51     52     54  
CHAIRMAN         1      3      5     10     13     17     20     24     27  
                31     34     35     38     42     45     46     49     53  
                55     58     59     62     65     66     67     69     71  
                74     75     77     84     87     88     89     92     95  
                96     99    100    102    103    104    105    108    111  
COMEAU          73     74     76  
COOKSEY         53     54     58     59    101    103    104    105  
EVANS            3     42     43     44     45     46     61     66     67  
                87    100  
EVERETT         17     18     19     20  
FILNER          13     15     16     49     50     51     52     53  
GORMAN          92    102    104  
GUTIERREZ       20     21     23     67     68     69  
HUTCHINSON      55     57     75     76     77  
KENNEDY         84  
KIZER           12     22     25     29     30     33     35     36     37  
                38     44     45     48     49     53     54     56     57  
                58  
MANSFIELD       90     99    100    103    105  
MASCARA         35     36     38     69     70     71  
NEBEKER         62     65     66     67     68     69     70     71     72  
                73     74     75     76     77     78  
PETERSON       100  
QUINN           39     40     41     67     72     73     74  
REYES           24     25     26     77     78  
RHEA           108  
RODRIGUEZ       31     71     72  
SCHAEFER        75  
SNYDER          27     29     30     31  
STEADMAN        89     92     95    105  
STEARNS         46     48     49  
STUMP           60  
THOMPSON        23     29     34     40     41     54  
WEST             5     12     13     15     16     17     18     19     20  
                21     22     23     25     26     29     30     31     33  
                34     38     40     41     42     43     44     45     47  
                49     50     51     53     54  
WILLIAMS       105  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
                                                                 PAGE     1

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
                                                                 PAGE     3

STATEMENT OF HON. TOGO D. WEST, JR., ACTING SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED 
BY KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOSEPH 
THOMPSON, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; D. MARK CATLETT, ACTING 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND JERRY BOWEN, DIRECTOR, 
NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM
                                                                 PAGE     5

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS
                                                                 PAGE    11

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
                                                                 PAGE    13

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TERRY EVERETT
                                                                 PAGE    17

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
                                                                 PAGE    20

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SILVESTRE REYES
                                                                 PAGE    24

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
                                                                 PAGE    27

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ
                                                                 PAGE    31

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
                                                                 PAGE    35

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JACK QUINN
                                                                 PAGE    39

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS
                                                                 PAGE    46

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ASA HUTCHINSON
                                                                 PAGE    55

OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
                                                                 PAGE    60

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
                                                                 PAGE    61

STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK Q. NEBEKER, CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
                                                                 PAGE    62

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ
                                                                 PAGE    71

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SILVESTRE REYES
                                                                 PAGE    77

STATEMENT OF ESPIRIDION ''AL'' BORREGO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                                                                 PAGE    84

STATEMENTS OF KENNETH STEADMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS; GORDON MANSFIELD, 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA; DAVID GORMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED 
AMERICAN VETERANS, AND CHUCK BURNS, NATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR, AMVETS
                                                                 PAGE    89

STATEMENT OF KENNETH STEADMAN
                                                                 PAGE    89

STATEMENT OF GORDON MANSFIELD
                                                                 PAGE    89

STATEMENT OF DAVID GORMAN
                                                                 PAGE    92

STATEMENT OF KENNETH STEADMAN
                                                                 PAGE    95

STATEMENT OF CHUCK BURNS
                                                                 PAGE    97

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
                                                                 PAGE   100

STATEMENT OF CARROLL WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, 
THE AMERICAN LEGION; LARRY RHEA, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL 
MILITARY VETERANS ALLIANCE
                                                                 PAGE   105

STATEMENT OF CARROLL WILLIAMS
                                                                 PAGE   105

STATEMENT OF LARRY RHEA
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