SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BACKHUS         12     27     32     33     35     36     37  
BILIRAKIS        5     33     34     35     36  
BROWN           10  
CARSON          10     11  
CLAUW           19     29     34  
DOYLE           37     45     47     48  
EDGERTON        64     66  
ENGEL           24     30     32     33     34  
FEUSSNER        46     49  
FORD            57     61     62     64  
GUTIERREZ        3     30     32     33  
HINTON          27     28     29     35     36  
HUTCHINSON       7  
KENNEDY          7      8  
KIPEN           14     18     30  
KIZER           38     42     43     44     45     46     47     48  
MASCARA         10  
MORAN            7  
MURPHY          43  
MYERS           53     60     64     66  
PETERSON         9  
PUGLISI         50     63     65  
STEARNS          1      5      7      8      9     10     11     14     18  
                19     24     27     28     29     30     33     37     38  
                42     43     44     45     48     49     50     52     53  
                54     57     60     61     62     64     66  
VIOLANTE        55     62     65  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
                                                                 PAGE     1

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
                                                                 PAGE     3

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS
                                                                 PAGE     5

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II
                                                                 PAGE     7

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON
                                                                 PAGE     9

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CORRINE BROWN
                                                                 PAGE    10

STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, 
U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY HENRY HINTON, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL, 
NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION; HOWARD KIPEN, M.D., M.P.H., INSTITUTE OF 
MEDICINE, DIRECTOR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON 
MEDICAL SCHOOL; DANIEL J. CLAUW, M.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, CHIEF OF RHEUMATOLOGY, 
IMMUNOLOGY, AND ALLERGY, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER; AND MAJ. CHARLES C. ENGEL, JR., 
M.D., M.P.H., CHIEF, GULF WAR HEALTH CENTER, WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
                                                                 PAGE    11

STATEMENT OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS
                                                                 PAGE    12

STATEMENT OF HOWARD KIPEN, M.D., M.P.H.
                                                                 PAGE    14

STATEMENT OF DANIEL J. CLAUW, M.D.
                                                                 PAGE    19

STATEMENT OF MAJ. CHARLES C. ENGEL, JR., M.D., M.P.H.
                                                                 PAGE    24

STATEMENT OF KENNETH KIZER, M.D., M.P.H., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, ACCOMPANIED BY: FRAN MURPHY, M.D., M.P.H., DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS SERVICE; AND 
JOHN R. FEUSSNER, M.D., CHIEF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
                                                                 PAGE    38

STATEMENTS OF MATTHEW PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GULF WAR VETERANS, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS 
AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; SARAH V. MYERS, Ph.D, RNC, VICE PRESIDENT AND 
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN, NURSES ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE, DEPUTY NATIONAL 
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; AND JEFFREY S. FORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 
NATIONAL GULF WAR RESOURCE CENTER
                                                                 PAGE    50

STATEMENT OF MATTHEW PUGLISI
                                                                 PAGE    50

STATEMENT OF SARAH V. MYERS, Ph.D., RNC
                                                                 PAGE    53

STATEMENT OF JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE
                                                                 PAGE    55

STATEMENT OF JEFFREY S. FORD
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