SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BACKHUS 12 27 32 33 35 36 37
BILIRAKIS 5 33 34 35 36
BROWN 10
CARSON 10 11
CLAUW 19 29 34
DOYLE 37 45 47 48
EDGERTON 64 66
ENGEL 24 30 32 33 34
FEUSSNER 46 49
FORD 57 61 62 64
GUTIERREZ 3 30 32 33
HINTON 27 28 29 35 36
HUTCHINSON 7
KENNEDY 7 8
KIPEN 14 18 30
KIZER 38 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
MASCARA 10
MORAN 7
MURPHY 43
MYERS 53 60 64 66
PETERSON 9
PUGLISI 50 63 65
STEARNS 1 5 7 8 9 10 11 14 18
19 24 27 28 29 30 33 37 38
42 43 44 45 48 49 50 52 53
54 57 60 61 62 64 66
VIOLANTE 55 62 65
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
PAGE 1
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
PAGE 3
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS
PAGE 5
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON
PAGE 9
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CORRINE BROWN
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STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES,
U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY HENRY HINTON, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION; HOWARD KIPEN, M.D., M.P.H., INSTITUTE OF
MEDICINE, DIRECTOR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON
MEDICAL SCHOOL; DANIEL J. CLAUW, M.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, CHIEF OF RHEUMATOLOGY,
IMMUNOLOGY, AND ALLERGY, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER; AND MAJ. CHARLES C. ENGEL, JR.,
M.D., M.P.H., CHIEF, GULF WAR HEALTH CENTER, WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS
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STATEMENT OF HOWARD KIPEN, M.D., M.P.H.
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STATEMENT OF DANIEL J. CLAUW, M.D.
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STATEMENT OF MAJ. CHARLES C. ENGEL, JR., M.D., M.P.H.
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STATEMENT OF KENNETH KIZER, M.D., M.P.H., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS, ACCOMPANIED BY: FRAN MURPHY, M.D., M.P.H., DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS SERVICE; AND
JOHN R. FEUSSNER, M.D., CHIEF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
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STATEMENTS OF MATTHEW PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GULF WAR VETERANS, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS
AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; SARAH V. MYERS, Ph.D, RNC, VICE PRESIDENT AND
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN, NURSES ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE, DEPUTY NATIONAL
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; AND JEFFREY S. FORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
NATIONAL GULF WAR RESOURCE CENTER
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STATEMENT OF MATTHEW PUGLISI
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STATEMENT OF SARAH V. MYERS, Ph.D., RNC
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STATEMENT OF JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE
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STATEMENT OF JEFFREY S. FORD
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