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 PAGE 42 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING