SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BACHUS           4     10     11     12     21     33     34     35     36  
                50     51     52  
BOWEN           14     16     17     22     23     24  
BUYER           10     11     12     18     19     20     27     28     29  
                40     41     47     48     49  
CARSON          32  
CHAIRMAN         1      3      4      6      8     10     11     12     13  
                14     16     17     18     20     21     22     23     24  
                26     27     29     30     32     33     36     38     40  
                41     42     43     45     46     47     49     51     52  
                56     59     61     62  
COOKSEY         33  
CRANDELL        42     55     58  
DOYLE           13     20     29     30     50  
EVANS            3     10     17     18     26     27     46     47     54  
                55  
EVERETT         10  
GUTIERREZ       13     14     18  
HOLLINGSWORTH    43     54     55     56     57  
HUTCHINSON      37     38  
KILLIAN         24     26     27     28     29     30     31     32     33  
                34     35     36     37     38     39     40     41  
KNOLLENBERG     8  
LAHOOD          13     22     23     38     39     40     52     53     54  
                55     57     58  
MAGILL          43     54     55     56     60     61  
MASCARA         10     14     20     22  
QUINN           12     18     23     24     29     57     59     60     61  
REYES           12     21  
RODRIGUEZ       23  
SKELTON          7  
SNYDER          22     29     30     61     62  
SPENCE          13     22     30     31     32  
SURRATT         42     43     45     46     47     48     49     51     52  
                53     54     55     57     58     62  
THOMPSON        19     20     22  
TUCKER          42     54     55  
WEST            42     54     55     58     59  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
                                                                 PAGE     1

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
                                                                 PAGE     3

STATEMENT OF HON. SPENCER BACHUS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA
                                                                 PAGE     4

STATEMENT OF HON. IKE SKELTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI
                                                                 PAGE     6

STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH K. KNOLLENBERG, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
                                                                 PAGE     8

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JACK QUINN
                                                                 PAGE    12

STATEMENT OF JERRY W. BOWEN, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN H. THOMPSON, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
                                                                 PAGE    14

STATEMENT OF JOHNNY H. KILLIAN, LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY, AMERICAN LAW DIVISION, CONGRESSIONAL 
RESEARCH SERVICE
                                                                 PAGE    24

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
                                                                 PAGE    33

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ASA HUTCHINSON
                                                                 PAGE    36

STATEMENT OF RICK SURRATT, ASSISTANT NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, ON 
BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, AMVETS, BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, 
JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE USA, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE 
UNITED STATES, AND VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA; ACCOMPANIED BY DAVID TUCKER, PARALYZED VETERANS OF 
AMERICA; KELLI WILLARD WEST, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA; JAMES MAGILL, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 
OF THE UNITED STATES; KIMO HOLLINGSWORTH, AMERICAN LEGION; AND WILLIAM F. CRANDELL, AMVETS
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