SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BACHUS 42 43 44 45 46 59 60
BILIRAKIS 56 57 110 111 112 113 127 145 146
147 148
BISHOP 61 92 93 94 95
BROWN 27 28 31 36 37
CHAIRMAN 1 3 7 10 11 13 16 17 22
25 26 28 32 34 38 41 42 46
47 48 49 50 51 53 54 56 57
58 59 60 61 67 70 74 75 78
81 85 91 92 95 99 102 106 110
113 115 116 119 121 126 127 131 133
136 139 142 143 145 147 148
CHENOWETH 48 49 50 102 103 104 105 106 113
115 142 143 144 145
COOKSEY 25 26 41 42 56 91 92 126 127
142
DAVIS 136 139 140 141 146
EVANS 2 3 10 11 23 24 49 53 59
78 79 80 81 126 139 140 141 142
EVERETT 11 12 13
FILNER 14 15 16 57 58 59 85 86 87
88 89 90
FORD 122 126
GARTHWAITE 61 78 79 80 82 83 91 93 94
95 99 102 103 104 106
GWIN 12 19 20 21 24 25 37 38 43
44 45 46 47 48 49
JACKSON 75 111 113
JOSEPH 67 80 84 85 86 87 88 91 92
95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 107
109 112 114 115
KENNEDY 38 39 40 41 42 54 55 56
KNOX 3 4 10 12 15 16 19 21 23
24 27 28 31 32 33 34 36 39
40 43 44 46 47 48 50
MASCARA 29 30 31
MURPHY 79 80 85 91 94 95
NIER 50 51 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61
NIGHTENGALE 114 115
PETERSON 32 33 34
PUGLISI 116 117 126
QUINN 17 18 19 20 21 54 81 82 83
84 85
REYES 22 23 24 25 106 107 108 109 110
145
ROSTKER 71 74 75 81 83 84 85 88 89
90 92 100 101 107 108 110 111 112
RUSSELL 7 10 11 12 13 15 23 25 26
27 28 30 33 34 35 36 37 44
45 50
SMITH 46 47 128 132 141 143 144 145 146
147
SNYDER 26 27 28 99 100 101 102
STEADMAN 60
STEARNS 34 35 36 37 38 95 96 97 98
99
VIOLANTE 119 126
WICKLINE 133 141 146 147 148
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STUMP
PAGE 1
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS
PAGE 2
STATEMENTS OF MAJ. MARGUERITE KNOX, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GULF WAR VETERANS'
ILLNESSES, ACCOMPANIED BY HOLLY L. GWIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR/COUNSEL, AND MARK A. BROWN, PH.D., SENIOR
POLICY ANALYST; AND DR. PHILIP K. RUSSELL, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, SCHOOL OF HYGIENE
AND PUBLIC HEALTH, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, AND MEMBER, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GULF
WAR VETERANS' ILLNESSES
PAGE 3
STATEMENT OF MARGUERITE KNOX
PAGE 3
STATEMENT OF DR. PHILIP K. RUSSELL
PAGE 7
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
PAGE 13
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JACK QUINN
PAGE 17
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SILVESTRE REYES
PAGE 22
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
PAGE 25
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
PAGE 26
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
PAGE 29
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON
PAGE 32
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS
PAGE 34
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II
PAGE 38
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SPENCER BACHUS
PAGE 42
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH
PAGE 46
STATEMENT OF JAMES E. NIER, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES;
ACCOMPANIED BY KEN STEADMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VFW WASHINGTON OFFICE, AND JOHN GWIZDAK,
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN
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STATEMENTS OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D., DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS; STEPHEN C. JOSEPH, M.D., M.P.H., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; DR. BERNARD ROSTKER, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR DEFENSE
FOR GULF WAR ILLNESS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; AND RICHARD J. JACKSON, M.D., M.P.H., NATIONAL CENTER
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
PAGE 61
STATEMENT OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D.
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN C. JOSEPH, M.D., M.P.H.
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STATEMENT OF DR. BERNARD ROSTKER
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STATEMENT OF RICHARD J. JACKSON, M.D., M.P.H., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH,
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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STATEMENTS OF MATTHEW L. PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND
REHABILITATION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE, DEPUTY LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED
AMERICAN VETERANS; AND JEFFREY S. FORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL GULF WAR RESOURCE CENTER
PAGE 116
STATEMENT OF MATTHEW L. PUGLISI
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STATEMENT OF JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE
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STATEMENT OF JEFFREY S. FORD
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STATEMENTS OF DAVID TROY SMITH, PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERAN; CARL E. WICKLINE, PERSIAN GULF WAR
VETERAN; AND DEREK E. DAVIS, PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERAN
PAGE 127
STATEMENT OF DAVID TROY SMITH
PAGE 127
STATEMENT OF CARL E. WICKLINE
PAGE 133
STATEMENT OF DEREK E. DAVIS
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