SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BAREFOOT        25     40     44     48     50     56     60  
BENNETT        150    154  
BILIRAKIS        6     57     58     59     60     72     73     74     75  
                76     77    118    119    120    121    122    123  
BLUMENTHAL      61     62     65     69     70     71     72     73     74  
                75     76     77     80     81  
BUYER            8      9     10     47     48     49     50    107    108  
               109    110    111    112    113    114  
CARUANA         17     39     43     44     45     48     52     53     54  
                58     59     60  
CLYBURN         11     12     36     37     42     43     44     45     46  
                47     98     99    100    101    102    103    104    105  
               106    107    138    139    140    141    142    143    144  
               145    146    147    148    149    168    169    170    171  
               172    173  
DAWKINS         21     40     42     48     49     50     56     60  
EVANS            4      6     53     54     55     56     70     71     72  
               114    115    116    117    118  
EVERETT          1      4      5      6      8      9     10     12     13  
                14     17     21     25     30     35     36     37     38  
                39     40     41     47     50     53     56     57     60  
                62     65     68     69     70     72     77     81     82  
                89     91     92     93     94     95     96     97    104  
               105    107    114    118    119    121    123    124    130  
               132    133    135    136    137    138    146    149    151  
               152    156    157    159    162    165    168    171    172  
               173  
FORCE           13     14     37     38     39     43     44     46     47  
                48     51     52     53     60  
GOBER           82     90     91     92     94     95     96     97    104  
               105    112    113    114    115    116    121    122    123  
               126    127    128    129    130    132  
GROSS           93     94    109    110    111    124    125  
HINCH           95     96    101    102    103    104    106    107    116  
INZEO           65     68     78     79     80     81  
JORDAN         165  
KEENER          97     99    100    120    121    126    127    128    129  
KROLL          137    138    139    142    143    144    148  
MERRIMAN       132    133    136    137    138    139    140    141    142  
               143    144    145    146    147    148    149    150    151  
               152    153    154    155    156  
MILLER         159    162    169  
MOORE-RUSSELL    30     35     40     42     43     46     47     48  
                54     55     60  
MORAVEC         92     93    117  
NELMS          157    170    171  
PEDDICORD      162    168    169    170    172  
REGAN          137    139    140    141    147    150    151    152    154  
SHELLY         138    140  
SNYDER           8     51     52     53     77     78     79     80     81  
               124    125    126    127    128    129    130    149    150  
               151    152    153    154    155    156    171  
STUMP            4  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN EVERETT
                                                                 PAGE     1

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
                                                                 PAGE     4

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                                                                 PAGE     6

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
                                                                 PAGE     8

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. STEVE BUYER
                                                                 PAGE     8

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN
                                                                 PAGE    11

STATEMENT OF CYNTHIA A. FORCE, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE
                                                                 PAGE    13

STATEMENT OF SUSAN CARUANA, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE
                                                                 PAGE    17

STATEMENT OF JUDY DAWKINS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE
                                                                 PAGE    21

STATEMENT OF LOVIA B. BAREFOOT, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE (RET.)
                                                                 PAGE    25

STATEMENT OF DORIS A. MOORE-RUSSELL, M.S.W., DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE
                                                                 PAGE    30

STATEMENT OF RONNIE BLUMENTHAL, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF FEDERAL OPERATIONS, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION ACCOMPANIED BY NICHOLAS M. INZEO, DEPUTY LEGAL COUNSEL
                                                                 PAGE    61

STATEMENT OF RONNIE BLUMENTHAL
                                                                 PAGE    61

STATEMENT OF NICHOLAS INZEO
                                                                 PAGE    65

STATEMENT OF HON. HERSHEL GOBER, DEPUTY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ACCOMPANIED BY 
GERALD K. HINCH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; HON. MARY LOU KEENER, GENERAL 
COUNSEL; JULE D. MORAVEC, Ph.D., CHIEF NETWORK OFFICER, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR; LEROY P. 
GROSS, M.D., DIRECTOR, VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK NO. 6
                                                                 PAGE    82

STATEMENT OF HON. HERSHEL GOBER
                                                                 PAGE    82

STATEMENT OF WILLIAM T. MERRIMAN, DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
ACCOMPANIED BY JACK KROLL, ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL; MAUREEN REGAN, COUNSEL; MICHAEL BENNETT, 
OFFICE OF COUNSEL; AND JUDY SHELLY, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL
                                                                 PAGE   133

STATEMENT OF WILLIAM T. MERRIMAN
                                                                 PAGE   133

STATEMENT OF DOROTHY NELMS, PRESIDENT, FEDERALLY EMPLOYED WOMEN, INC.
                                                                 PAGE   157

STATEMENT OF MAURA FARRELL MILLER, Ph.D., ARNP, CS, PRESIDENT, NURSES ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS
                                                                 PAGE   159

STATEMENT OF KITTY PEDDICORD, WOMEN'S DIRECTOR, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
                                                                 PAGE   162

STATEMENT OF BERRY D. JORDAN, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
                                                                 PAGE   165


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