SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
A'ZERA          72  
BACON           49     51     52     63     64     68  
CULLINAN        52     63     67     68  
DOYLE            3     20     21     22     23     24     25     39     40  
                41     42     65  
DUGGINS         74     75     76  
FARSETTA        13     17     23     24     36     37     38     40     43  
GALEY           11     17     24     29     41     42     43  
GARRICK         54     63  
GARTHWAITE       5     16     19     20     22     25     26     27     28  
                31     33     34     35     38     45     47     48  
HAYWORTH         7  
MILLER          14     18     21     25     40     44  
RODRIGUEZ       30     32     33     34  
SIMPSON         30     34     35     39  
SMITH           35     37     38     39     46     47     48  
SNYDER          26     27     28     29     30     42     43     44     51  
                66     67     68  
STEARNS          1      3      5      6      8     10     11     12     14  
                15     16     17     18     19     20     25     42     46  
                48     51     52     54     57     61     64     65     66  
                68     69     72     74     75     76     77  
THOMAS          69  
TRUJILLO         8     18     20     30     43  
WANNEMACHER    58     64     68  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE, MD, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY WILLIAM (TED) GALEY, MD, DIRECTOR, VISN 20; JAMES FARSETTA, DIRECTOR VISN 
3; LAURA MILLER, DIRECTOR, VISN 10; THOMAS TRUJILLO
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITHE
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. J.D. HAYWORTH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS TRUJILLO
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STATEMENT OF WILLIAM GALEY
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STATEMENT OF JAMES FARSETTA
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STATEMENT OF LAURA MILLER
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH
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STATEMENTS OF NICK D. BACON, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; DENNIS M. 
CULLINAN, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS; JACQUELINE GARRICK, 
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; 
RICHARD A. WANNEMACHER, JR., ASSOCIATE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
                                                                 PAGE    49

STATEMENT OF NICK D. BACON
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STATEMENT OF DENNIS M. CULLINAN
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STATEMENT OF JACQUELINE GARRICK
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STATEMENT OF RICHARD A. WANNEMACHER, JR.
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STATEMENTS OF HARLEY L. THOMAS, ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA; 
VERONICA A'ZERA, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, AMVETS; GEORGE C. DUGGINS, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, VIETNAM 
VETERANS OF AMERICA
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STATEMENT OF HARLEY L. THOMAS
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STATEMENT OF VERONICA A'ZERA
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STATEMENT OF GEORGE C. DUGGINS
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