SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BACHUS          20     21     22  
BILIRAKIS        6      7     15     16     17  
CHAIRMAN         1      5      6      7      8     11     12     13     15  
                18     20     22     26     27     29     30     31     36  
                38     39     40     42     44     45     48     50  
COOKSEY         22  
CRANDELL        44     49  
EVANS            3  
GUTIERREZ        5  
HUTCHINSON      22     23     24     25  
KEHRER          17     20     21     25  
LAVERE           8     11     12     13     14     15     16     17     18  
                19     20     21     22     23     24     25     26  
LEMONS          27     30     31  
MASCARA         12     13     26     29     30     31     36     37     38  
                49     50  
MCNEILL         40     50  
MOFFITT         30     31  
MORAN           26  
QUINN            6     18     19     20  
RODRIGUEZ       18  
RUTHERFORD      38     39  
SCHULTZ         42  
SOCOLAR         32     36     37     38  
SURRATT         46     49     50  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
 OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
                                                                 PAGE     1

 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
                                                                 PAGE     3

 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
                                                                 PAGE     5

 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JACK QUINN
                                                                 PAGE     5

 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS
                                                                 PAGE     6

STATEMENT OF WILLIAM LA VERE, MEMBER, VETERANS' CLAIMS ADJUDICATION COMMISSION; ACCOMPANIED BY 
DARRYL KEHRER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
                                                                 PAGE     8

 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ASA HUTCHINSON
                                                                 PAGE    22

STATEMENT OF DR. STEPHEN L. LEMONS, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY DENNIS DUFFY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY AND PLANNING; KRISTINE 
MOFFITT, DIRECTOR OF COMPENSATION AND PENSION SERVICE; ROGER BAUER, ACTING CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF 
VETERANS' APPEALS
                                                                 PAGE    27

STATEMENT OF MILTON SOCOLAR, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; ACCOMPANIED BY 
JOHN SCULLY, PROJECT DIRECTOR, AND MICHAEL MCKLENDON
                                                                 PAGE    31

STATEMENT OF CAROL RUTHERFORD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, 
THE AMERICAN LEGION
                                                                 PAGE    38

STATEMENT OF JOHN MCNEILL, FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN 
WARS
                                                                 PAGE    40

STATEMENT OF RICHARD SCHULTZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
                                                                 PAGE    42

STATEMENT OF WILLIAM F. CRANDELL, NATIONAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, AMVETS
                                                                 PAGE    44

STATEMENT OF RICK SURRATT, ASSISTANT NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
                                                                 PAGE    45


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