SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BACKHUS 73 BLAZER 19 20 21 22 23 29 31 CAPLAN 11 19 20 23 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 CHAN 50 51 CHENOWETH 35 36 37 41 42 CHRISTOPHERSON 45 54 60 62 64 65 COOKSEY 25 29 30 31 32 44 45 47 50 51 55 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 73 75 76 77 78 79 80 EVANS 3 7 8 FEUSSNER 68 FILNER 8 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 35 45 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 67 75 76 GUTIERREZ 32 33 HEIVILIN 47 69 70 KENNEDY 4 21 22 23 24 25 KIZER 36 37 51 52 53 54 65 66 67 MATTISON 15 16 24 33 MOFFITT 75 78 MURPHY 54 58 59 63 69 QUINN 22 23 25 ROSTKER 41 42 44 45 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 67 SMITH 1 4 7 8 10 15 19 20 21 SNYDER 29 THOMPSON 70 71 75 76 77 78 79 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHRIS SMITH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PAGE 2 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH KENNEDY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS PAGE 4 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 8 STATEMENTS OF ARTHUR CAPLAN, Ph.D., MEMBER, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GULF WAR VETERANS' ILLNESSES; DONALD MATTISON, M.D., CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, ACCOMPANIED BY AND DAN G. BLAZER, M.D., CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL EVALUATION PROGRAM, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF ARTHUR CAPLAN PAGE 11 STATEMENT OF DONALD MATTISON PAGE 15 STATEMENTS OF KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., M.P.H., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ACCOMPANIED BY: FRANCES MURPHY, M.D., M.P.H., DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS SERVICE, CHIEF CONSULTANT, OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; JOHN F. FEUSSNER, M.D., CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; BERNARD ROSTKER, Ph.D., SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR GULF WAR ILLNESSES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; GARY CHRISTOPHERSON, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; DONNA HEIVILIN, Ph.D., DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND REPORTING, NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY KWAI CHAN, DIRECTOR, SPECIAL STUDIES AND EVALUATION, NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 36 STATEMENT OF KENNETH KIZER PAGE 37 STATEMENT OF BERNARD ROSTKER PAGE 42 STATEMENT OF GARY CHRISTOPHERSON PAGE 45 STATEMENT OF DONNA HEIVILIN PAGE 47 STATEMENTS OF JOSEPH THOMPSON, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; AND KRISTINE MOFFITT PAGE 70 STATEMENT OF JOSEPH THOMPSON PAGE 70 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS PAGE 73 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING