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
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