SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BILIRAKIS 11 12 13
BORREGO 85 88
BURNS 97
CATLETT 15 17 18 51 52 54
CHAIRMAN 1 3 5 10 13 17 20 24 27
31 34 35 38 42 45 46 49 53
55 58 59 62 65 66 67 69 71
74 75 77 84 87 88 89 92 95
96 99 100 102 103 104 105 108 111
COMEAU 73 74 76
COOKSEY 53 54 58 59 101 103 104 105
EVANS 3 42 43 44 45 46 61 66 67
87 100
EVERETT 17 18 19 20
FILNER 13 15 16 49 50 51 52 53
GORMAN 92 102 104
GUTIERREZ 20 21 23 67 68 69
HUTCHINSON 55 57 75 76 77
KENNEDY 84
KIZER 12 22 25 29 30 33 35 36 37
38 44 45 48 49 53 54 56 57
58
MANSFIELD 90 99 100 103 105
MASCARA 35 36 38 69 70 71
NEBEKER 62 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
73 74 75 76 77 78
PETERSON 100
QUINN 39 40 41 67 72 73 74
REYES 24 25 26 77 78
RHEA 108
RODRIGUEZ 31 71 72
SCHAEFER 75
SNYDER 27 29 30 31
STEADMAN 89 92 95 105
STEARNS 46 48 49
STUMP 60
THOMPSON 23 29 34 40 41 54
WEST 5 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 25 26 29 30 31 33
34 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 47
49 50 51 53 54
WILLIAMS 105
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
PAGE 1
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
PAGE 3
STATEMENT OF HON. TOGO D. WEST, JR., ACTING SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED
BY KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOSEPH
THOMPSON, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; D. MARK CATLETT, ACTING
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND JERRY BOWEN, DIRECTOR,
NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM
PAGE 5
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS
PAGE 11
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
PAGE 13
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TERRY EVERETT
PAGE 17
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
PAGE 20
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SILVESTRE REYES
PAGE 24
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
PAGE 27
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ
PAGE 31
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
PAGE 35
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JACK QUINN
PAGE 39
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS
PAGE 46
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ASA HUTCHINSON
PAGE 55
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
PAGE 60
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
PAGE 61
STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK Q. NEBEKER, CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
PAGE 62
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ
PAGE 71
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SILVESTRE REYES
PAGE 77
STATEMENT OF ESPIRIDION ''AL'' BORREGO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PAGE 84
STATEMENTS OF KENNETH STEADMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS; GORDON MANSFIELD,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA; DAVID GORMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED
AMERICAN VETERANS, AND CHUCK BURNS, NATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR, AMVETS
PAGE 89
STATEMENT OF KENNETH STEADMAN
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STATEMENT OF GORDON MANSFIELD
PAGE 89
STATEMENT OF DAVID GORMAN
PAGE 92
STATEMENT OF KENNETH STEADMAN
PAGE 95
STATEMENT OF CHUCK BURNS
PAGE 97
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
PAGE 100
STATEMENT OF CARROLL WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION,
THE AMERICAN LEGION; LARRY RHEA, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL
MILITARY VETERANS ALLIANCE
PAGE 105
STATEMENT OF CARROLL WILLIAMS
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STATEMENT OF LARRY RHEA
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