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 PAGE 136 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING