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
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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
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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
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STATEMENT OF RONNIE BLUMENTHAL
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STATEMENT OF NICHOLAS INZEO
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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
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STATEMENT OF HON. HERSHEL GOBER
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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
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STATEMENT OF DOROTHY NELMS, PRESIDENT, FEDERALLY EMPLOYED WOMEN, INC.
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STATEMENT OF MAURA FARRELL MILLER, Ph.D., ARNP, CS, PRESIDENT, NURSES ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
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STATEMENT OF KITTY PEDDICORD, WOMEN'S DIRECTOR, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
PAGE 162
STATEMENT OF BERRY D. JORDAN, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
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