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 PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE PAGE 3 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 PAGE 5 STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITHE PAGE 5 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. J.D. HAYWORTH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA PAGE 6 STATEMENT OF THOMAS TRUJILLO PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM GALEY PAGE 11 STATEMENT OF JAMES FARSETTA PAGE 13 STATEMENT OF LAURA MILLER PAGE 14 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER PAGE 26 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ PAGE 30 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH PAGE 35 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 PAGE 49 STATEMENT OF DENNIS M. CULLINAN PAGE 52 STATEMENT OF JACQUELINE GARRICK PAGE 54 STATEMENT OF RICHARD A. WANNEMACHER, JR. PAGE 57 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 PAGE 69 STATEMENT OF HARLEY L. THOMAS PAGE 69 STATEMENT OF VERONICA A'ZERA PAGE 72 STATEMENT OF GEORGE C. DUGGINS PAGE 74 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING