SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS A'ZERA 38 52 BOLAND 25 28 35 36 37 CANTWELL 28 33 34 35 DOUGHERTY 21 22 23 DRACH 48 EVANS 2 7 14 19 FILNER 5 6 MANHAN 40 MCLAURIN 9 13 14 METZLER 12 NASCHINSKI 44 52 53 PEDIGO 15 16 18 19 21 24 53 QUINN 1 2 6 7 9 12 14 15 18 19 20 22 23 24 28 32 33 34 35 36 37 40 41 43 46 48 50 52 53 RHEA 41 51 RODRIGUEZ 7 RODRIQUEZ 20 21 22 23 34 51 52 WEST 46 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN QUINN PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER PAGE 5 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ PAGE 7 STATEMENT OF JOHN P. MCLAURIN, III, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, MILITARY PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY; ACCOMPANIED BY JACK METZLER, SUPERINTENDENT, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF JOHN P. MCLAURIN, III PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF KEITH PEDIGO, DIRECTOR, LOAN GUARANTY SERVICE, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY THOMAS LASTOWKA, DIRECTOR, PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL OFFICE AND INSURANCE CENTER, AND PETER H. DOUGHERTY, HOMELESS PROGRAM SPECIALIST PAGE 15 STATEMENT OF KEITH PEDIGO PAGE 15 STATEMENTS OF RAYMOND BOLAND, SECRETARY, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; TIM CANTWELL, PRESIDENT, WESTSIDE RESIDENCE HALL, INC. PAGE 25 STATEMENT OF RAYMOND BOLAND PAGE 25 STATEMENT OF TIM CANTWELL PAGE 28 STATEMENTS OF VERONICA A'ZERA, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, AMVETS; BOB MANHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, AND LARRY RHEA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION; EMIL NASCHINSKI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; KELLY WEST, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND RONALD DRACH, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS PAGE 37 STATEMENT OF VERONICA A'ZERA PAGE 38 STATEMENT OF BOB MANHAN PAGE 40 STATEMENT OF LARRY RHEA PAGE 41 STATEMENT OF EMIL NASCHINSKI PAGE 44 STATEMENT OF KELLY WEST PAGE 46 STATEMENT OF RONALD DRACH PAGE 48 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING