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BILIRAKIS 6 19 20 52 54 55 56 66 67
69 70 71 72
BUYER 8 15 16 17 38 39 40 41 42
43 44 56 57 58
CLYBURN 2 13 14 15 18 19 30 31 32
33 34 35 36 38 64 65 67 68
69 70 71
EVANS 5 24 25 50 51 52
EVERETT 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 15
17 19 20 21 24 25 28 29 30
35 38 44 47 48 50 52 54 56
58 59 60 61 64 65 67 72
FAIRCLOTH 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
GIBSON 31 32
GOBER 20 21 25 29 30 33 34 37 39
40 41 43 45 46 47 49 50 51
52 55 56 58 61
KIZER 24 56
LAWSON 34 35 36
LEMONS 42
MASCARA 4 17 18 44 45 46 47
MCKLEM 59
MERRIMAN 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 71
72
REGAN 67 68 69 71 72
SNYDER 47 49 50
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OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN EVERETT
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES CLYBURN
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MIKE BILIRAKIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. STEVE BUYER
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STATEMENT OF SENATOR LAUCH FAIRCLOTH
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STATEMENT OF HON. HERSHEL W. GOBER, ACTING SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED
BY: HON. KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; HON.
STEPHEN L. LEMONS, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS; HON. EUGENE A. BRICKHOUSE, ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION; MR. NEAL C. LAWSON, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL;
MS. PATRICIA A. MCKLEM, DIRECTOR, VA MEDICAL CENTER, PRESCOTT, AZ; AND MS. VENTRIS C. GIBSON,
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER
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STATEMENT OF WILLIAM T. MERRIMAN, DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;
ACCOMPANIED BY: MS. MAUREEN REGAN, COUNSEL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL; AND MS. JUDY SHELLY, SENIOR
ANALYST, SPECIAL INQUIRIES DIVISION
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