SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BOWRON 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 EVANS 3 18 32 34 EVERETT 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 50 51 53 GARTHWAITE 36 40 41 42 43 44 45 47 48 49 51 52 GRIFFIN 25 27 29 32 35 HULSHOF 4 18 20 22 24 50 51 52 MASCARA 3 15 16 17 23 24 46 48 49 50 MERRIMAN 28 31 32 34 REGAN 29 30 31 WILSON 42 43 45 51 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN EVERETT PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS PAGE 3 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. KENNY C. HULSHOF, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI PAGE 4 TESTIMONY OF ELJAY B. BOWRON, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL FOR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; ACCOMPANIED BY ROBERT E. LIPPENCOTT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR INVESTIGATIONS, CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, AND DONALD FULWIDER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR INVESTIGATIONS, OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 6 TESTIMONY OF ELJAY B. BOWRON PAGE 7 TESTIMONY OF ELJAY B. BOWRON PAGE 11 TESTIMONY OF RICHARD GRIFFIN, INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY BILL MERRIMAN, DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND MAUREEN REGAN, COUNSEL TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL PAGE 25 TESTIMONY OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY NANCY WILSON, CHIEF, OFFICE OF PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY PAGE 36 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING