SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BILIRAKIS 11 113 115 116 13 131 14
BISHOP 119 121 42 44 46
BOLLINGER 90 100 102 103 107 110 113 117 118
120 122
BROWN 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 17 19 20 21 22 23 26 29
30 32 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
43 44 46 47 48 49 51 52 53
54 55 56 57 58 59 60
BUYER 88 34 35 36 37
CATLETT 11 32
CHAIRMAN 1 4 7 76 77 8 81 82 83
85 87 88 89 90 92 94 97 10
100 101 103 105 108 11 110 113 116
118 119 121 123 126 128 130 131 132
133 134 14 18 21 23 25 27 30
34 37 40 42 46 49 52 56 58
59 60 62 64 67 70 71 73 74
75
CHENOWETH 118 133 134
COOKSEY 88 116 117 118 58 59
DOYLE 89 49 51 52
EVANS 3 76 8 89 9 10 101 102 103
130 131 59 60 63 71 74
EVERETT 103 104 105 18 19 20
FILNER 25 26 27
GARTHWAITE 16 17 24 25 33 36
GORMAN 90 97 100 101 103 104 108 112 113
115 116 119 120 121 123 75
GUTIERREZ 83 84 27 30
HERRLING 67 70 71
KEENER 48 59 60
KENNEDY 81 82 52 53 54 55 56
LAHOOD 40
LANCASTER 71 74
MASCARA 14 17 36 37
NAYLON 92 101 102 103 105 106 111 113
NEBEKER 77 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88
89 61 62 63 64
PETERSON 119 46 47 48 49
QUINN 87 88 110 111 112 113 31 32 33
REYES 21 23
RHEA 129 131 133
SMITH 121 122 123 132 133
SNYDER 85 86 87 105 106 107 108 23 24
25
STEADMAN 95 101 102 103 105 109 110 113 117
118 121
STEARNS 83 108 109 110 37 38 39 40
TAYLOR 65 67
VITIKACS 124 130 132 134
WEST 126 131 133
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN BOB STUMP
PAGE 1
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
PAGE 3
STATEMENT OF HON. JESSE BROWN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
PAGE 5
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
PAGE 14
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TERRY EVERETT
PAGE 18
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SELVESTER REYES
PAGE 21
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
PAGE 23
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
PAGE 25
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS GUTIERREZ
PAGE 27
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JACK QUINN
PAGE 31
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. STEVE BUYER
PAGE 34
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS
PAGE 37
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RAY LA HOOD
PAGE 40
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SANFORD BISHOP
PAGE 42
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN PETERSON
PAGE 46
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MIKE DOYLE
PAGE 49
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOE KENNEDY
PAGE 52
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CORRINE BROWN
PAGE 56
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
PAGE 58
STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK Q. NEBEKER, CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
PAGE 61
STATEMENT OF HON. PRESTON M. TAYLOR, JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; MAJ. GEN. JOHN P. HERRLING, USA (RET.), SECRETARY, AMERICAN
BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION; AND HON. H. MARTIN LANCASTER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (CIVIL
WORKS)
PAGE 65
STATEMENT OF HON. PRESTON M. TAYLOR, JR.
PAGE 65
STATEMENT OF MG JOHN P. HERRLING
PAGE 67
STATEMENT OF HON. MARTIN LANCASTER
PAGE 71
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
PAGE 76
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
PAGE 76
STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK Q. NEBEKER, CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
PAGE 77
STATEMENTS OF DAVID W. GORMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; KENNETH A.
STEADMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES; MICHAEL E. NAYLON,
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMVETS; AND JOHN C. BOLLINGER, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PARALYZED
VETERANS OF AMERICA
PAGE 89
STATEMENT OF JOHN C. BOLLINGER
PAGE 90
STATEMENT OF MICHAEL E. NAYLON
PAGE 92
STATEMENT OF KENNETH A. STEADMAN
PAGE 94
STATEMENT OF DAVID W. GORMAN
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STATEMENTS OF JOHN R. VITIKACS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION
COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; LARRY D. RHEA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, NON
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION; AND KELLI WILLARD WEST, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS,
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
PAGE 124
STATEMENT OF JOHN R. VITIKACS
PAGE 124
STATEMENT OF KELLI WILLARD WEST
PAGE 126
STATEMENT OF LARRY D. RHEA
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