SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BACHUS          42     43     44     45     46     59     60  
BILIRAKIS       56     57    110    111    112    113    127    145    146  
               147    148  
BISHOP          61     92     93     94     95  
BROWN           27     28     31     36     37  
CHAIRMAN         1      3      7     10     11     13     16     17     22  
                25     26     28     32     34     38     41     42     46  
                47     48     49     50     51     53     54     56     57  
                58     59     60     61     67     70     74     75     78  
                81     85     91     92     95     99    102    106    110  
               113    115    116    119    121    126    127    131    133  
               136    139    142    143    145    147    148  
CHENOWETH       48     49     50    102    103    104    105    106    113  
               115    142    143    144    145  
COOKSEY         25     26     41     42     56     91     92    126    127  
               142  
DAVIS          136    139    140    141    146  
EVANS            2      3     10     11     23     24     49     53     59  
                78     79     80     81    126    139    140    141    142  
EVERETT         11     12     13  
FILNER          14     15     16     57     58     59     85     86     87  
                88     89     90  
FORD           122    126  
GARTHWAITE      61     78     79     80     82     83     91     93     94  
                95     99    102    103    104    106  
GWIN            12     19     20     21     24     25     37     38     43  
                44     45     46     47     48     49  
JACKSON         75    111    113  
JOSEPH          67     80     84     85     86     87     88     91     92  
                95     96     97     98     99    100    101    102    107  
               109    112    114    115  
KENNEDY         38     39     40     41     42     54     55     56  
KNOX             3      4     10     12     15     16     19     21     23  
                24     27     28     31     32     33     34     36     39  
                40     43     44     46     47     48     50  
MASCARA         29     30     31  
MURPHY          79     80     85     91     94     95  
NIER            50     51     54     55     56     57     58     59     60  
                61  
NIGHTENGALE   114    115  
PETERSON        32     33     34  
PUGLISI        116    117    126  
QUINN           17     18     19     20     21     54     81     82     83  
                84     85  
REYES           22     23     24     25    106    107    108    109    110  
               145  
ROSTKER         71     74     75     81     83     84     85     88     89  
                90     92    100    101    107    108    110    111    112  
RUSSELL          7     10     11     12     13     15     23     25     26  
                27     28     30     33     34     35     36     37     44  
                45     50  
SMITH           46     47    128    132    141    143    144    145    146  
               147  
SNYDER          26     27     28     99    100    101    102  
STEADMAN        60  
STEARNS         34     35     36     37     38     95     96     97     98  
                99  
VIOLANTE       119    126  
WICKLINE       133    141    146    147    148  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
                                                                 PAGE     1

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
                                                                 PAGE     2

STATEMENTS OF MAJ. MARGUERITE KNOX, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GULF WAR VETERANS' 
ILLNESSES, ACCOMPANIED BY HOLLY L. GWIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR/COUNSEL, AND MARK A. BROWN, PH.D., SENIOR 
POLICY ANALYST; AND DR. PHILIP K. RUSSELL, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, SCHOOL OF HYGIENE 
AND PUBLIC HEALTH, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, AND MEMBER, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GULF 
WAR VETERANS' ILLNESSES
                                                                 PAGE     3

STATEMENT OF MARGUERITE KNOX
                                                                 PAGE     3

STATEMENT OF DR. PHILIP K. RUSSELL
                                                                 PAGE     7

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
                                                                 PAGE    13

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JACK QUINN
                                                                 PAGE    17

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SILVESTRE REYES
                                                                 PAGE    22

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
                                                                 PAGE    25

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
                                                                 PAGE    26

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
                                                                 PAGE    29

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON
                                                                 PAGE    32

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS
                                                                 PAGE    34

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II
                                                                 PAGE    38

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SPENCER BACHUS
                                                                 PAGE    42

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH
                                                                 PAGE    46

STATEMENT OF JAMES E. NIER, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES; 
ACCOMPANIED BY KEN STEADMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VFW WASHINGTON OFFICE, AND JOHN GWIZDAK, 
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN
                                                                 PAGE    51

STATEMENTS OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D., DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS; STEPHEN C. JOSEPH, M.D., M.P.H., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; DR. BERNARD ROSTKER, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR DEFENSE 
FOR GULF WAR ILLNESS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; AND RICHARD J. JACKSON, M.D., M.P.H., NATIONAL CENTER 
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
                                                                 PAGE    61

STATEMENT OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D.
                                                                 PAGE    61

STATEMENT OF STEPHEN C. JOSEPH, M.D., M.P.H.
                                                                 PAGE    67

STATEMENT OF DR. BERNARD ROSTKER
                                                                 PAGE    70

STATEMENT OF RICHARD J. JACKSON, M.D., M.P.H., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
                                                                 PAGE    75

STATEMENTS OF MATTHEW L. PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
REHABILITATION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE, DEPUTY LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED 
AMERICAN VETERANS; AND JEFFREY S. FORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL GULF WAR RESOURCE CENTER
                                                                 PAGE   116

STATEMENT OF MATTHEW L. PUGLISI
                                                                 PAGE   116

STATEMENT OF JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE
                                                                 PAGE   119

STATEMENT OF JEFFREY S. FORD
                                                                 PAGE   121

STATEMENTS OF DAVID TROY SMITH, PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERAN; CARL E. WICKLINE, PERSIAN GULF WAR 
VETERAN; AND DEREK E. DAVIS, PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERAN
                                                                 PAGE   127

STATEMENT OF DAVID TROY SMITH
                                                                 PAGE   127

STATEMENT OF CARL E. WICKLINE
                                                                 PAGE   133

STATEMENT OF DEREK E. DAVIS
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