SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BOLLINGER 69 76 80
BURNS 65 75 80
BUTO 11 16 18 30 31 32 33 34 36
37 40
COOKSEY 5 22 23 24 25 34 36 54 57
62 79
CULLINAN 46 53 56 60
EVANS 15
GUTIERREZ 3 19 20 21 57 58 77 78
KIZER 8 20 22 24 26 27 31 32 33
34 38 41
PARTRIDGE 44 52 54 55 59
PETERSON 28 29 30 31 32 39 40
RHEA 71 74 79
SNYDER 5 25 26 27 36 37 38 59 60
61 79 80
SPAGNOLO 63 75 76 77 78 79 80
STEARNS 1 4 5 8 11 14 15 16 17
18 19 22 25 28 32 33 34 36
39 40 41 43 45 48 49 51 52
53 54 57 58 61 62 65 67 69
71 74 75 76 77 79 80
VAN DE WATER 5 15 16 17 18 19 25 28 29
30 31 37
VIOLANTE 48 54
VITIKACS 41 52 53 55 58 59 60 61
WANNEMACHER 49 54 56 60
WEST 67 76 80
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
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STATEMENTS OF PAUL N. VAN DE WATER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR BUDGET ANALYSIS, CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET OFFICE; KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., M.P.H., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, VETERANS HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY GREGG PANE, CHIEF POLICY, PLANNING,
AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND WALTER HALL, ASSISTANT GENERAL
COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND KATHLEEN A. BUTO, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY,
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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STATEMENT OF N. PAUL VAN DE WATER
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STATEMENT OF KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., M.P.H.
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STATEMENT OF KATHLEEN A. BUTO
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STATEMENTS OF JOHN R. VITIKACS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION
COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; RICHARD A. WANNEMACHER, JR., ASSOCIATE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; DENNIS M. CULLINAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES; AND COL. CHARLES C. PARTRIDGE, U.S. ARMY
(RET.), LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, NATIONAL MILITARY AND VETERANS ALLIANCE
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STATEMENT OF JOHN R. VITIKACS
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STATEMENT OF COL. CHARLES C. PARTRIDGE
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STATEMENT OF DENNIS M. CULLINAN
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STATEMENT OF RICHARD A. WANNEMACHER, JR.
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STATEMENTS OF SAMUEL V. SPAGNOLO, M.D., PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VA PHYSICIANS AND
DENTISTS; CHUCK BURNS, NATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR, AMVETS; KELLI R. WILLARD WEST, DIRECTOR,
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA; JOHN C. BOLLINGER, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR;
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA; AND LARRY D. RHEA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, NON
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
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STATEMENT OF SAMUEL V. SPAGNOLO, M.D.
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STATEMENT OF CHUCK BURNS
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STATEMENT OF KELLI R. WILLARD WEST
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STATEMENT OF JOHN C. BOLLINGER
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STATEMENT OF LARRY D. RHEA
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