SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
ABERCROMBIE 8 9
BROWN OF FLORIDA 21
CAMPBELL 16
CARSON 23
CHAIRMAN 1 5 6 8 9 11 13 14 16
17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
28 29 32 33 35 36 40 42 43
45 46 48 50 53 54 55 56 57
58 59 60 61 62 65 69 71 74
75 76 77 78 79 81 83 84 86
87 88 89 91 92
COOKSEY 26 27 28 50 51 52 56
COUNSEL 27
CUNNINGHAM 6
DEOCAMPO 43
DOYLE 22
EPLEY 76
ESCLAMADO 36 49 53 54 55 56 58 59
EVANS 4 17
FILNER 17 27 28 48 49 58 65 71 72
73 74 79 80 86 87 88 91
GANIO 40 42
GILMAN 5 6
GUTIERREZ 24 25
KENNEDY 52 53 56 57 58
LAURIE 69
MANHAN 80 87 88
MASCARA 22
MILLENDER-MCDONALD 28 29 89
MINK 11 14
NANADIEGO 33 35 50 51
PELOSI 14
PENDLETON 29 32
QUINN 74 75
RAMSEY 46 48 49 54
REYES 21
RODRIGUEZ 24 58
SNOOK 66 72 75 78
STEARNS 20
THOMPSON 61 62 65 73 74 76 77
WILLIAMS 81 86
ZWEIMAN 84 86 88
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
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STATEMENTS OF HON. RANDY ''DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA; HON. BENJAMIN GILMAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK; HON.
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII; HON. PATSY MINK, A
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII, AND HON. NANCY PELOSI, A REPRESENTATIVE IN
CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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STATEMENT OF HON. RANDY ''DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM
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STATEMENT OF HON. BENJAMIN GILMAN
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STATEMENT OF HON. NEIL ABERCROMBIE
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STATEMENT OF HON. PATSY MINK
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STATEMENT OF HON. NANCY PELOSI
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SILVESTRE REYES
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CORRINE BROWN
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MIKE DOYLE
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
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STATEMENTS OF HON. DAVID PENDLETON, A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES; GENERAL TAGUMPAY NANADIEGO, OFFICE OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, EMBASSY OF THE
PHILIPPINES; ALEX A. ESCLAMADO, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILIPINO-AMERICAN ORGANIZATION; PATRICK
GANIO, SR., AMERICAN COALITION FOR FILIPINO VETERANS; COL. EMMANUEL DEOCAMPO, VETERANS' FEDERATION
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND LT. COL. EDWIN RAMSEY, RETIRED, U.S. ARMY
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STATEMENT OF HON. DAVID PENDLETON
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STATEMENT OF TAGUMPAY NANADIEGO
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STATEMENT OF ALEX A. ESCLAMADO
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STATEMENT OF PATRICK GANIO, SR.
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STATEMENT OF EMMANUEL DEOCAMPO
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STATEMENT OF EDWIN RAMSEY
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STATEMENTS OF JOSEPH THOMPSON, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ACCOMPANIED BY KENNETH CLARK, CHIEF NETWORK OFFICER, VETERANS' HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; AND ROBERT
EPLEY, DIRECTOR OF COMPENSATION AND PENSION SERVICE; DENNIS SNOOK, SPECIALIST ON SOCIAL
LEGISLATION, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC WELFARE DIVISION, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS; AND CLAYTON LAURIE, HISTORIAN, HISTORIES DIVISION, U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
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STATEMENT OF JOSEPH THOMPSON
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STATEMENT OF DENNIS SNOOK
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STATEMENT OF CLAYTON LAURIE
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STATEMENTS OF BOB MANHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS; CARROLL WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR FOR VETERANS; AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN
LEGION, AND ROBERT ZWEIMAN, INTERNATIONAL LIAISON, JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
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STATEMENT OF BOB MANHAN
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STATEMENT OF CARROLL WILLIAMS
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STATEMENT OF ROBERT ZWEIMAN
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE
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