SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BACKHUS 7 16 17 20 21 24
BILIRAKIS 5 22 23 24 25 39 40 41 42
65
BROWN 25 26 27 42 43 44
COOKSEY 45
FITZGERALD 30 37 43 44
GARRICK 49 62 63
GARTHWAITE 27 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
43 44 46
GROSS 32 38 42 43
GUTIERREZ 3 20 21 22
HUTCHINSON 6
MANSFIELD 46 47 55 56 62 64
MCCORMICK 9 17 18 19 21 24 25 26
MILLER 12 19 22 23 25 27 58 67
STEARNS 1 5 6 7 9 12 16 17 18
19 22 25 27 30 32 34 35 36
37 38 39 42 44 46 47 49 52
55 56 58 61 62 63 64 65 66
WANNEMACHER 52 66
WARFIELD 56 63 64 67
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OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
PAGE 1
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
PAGE 3
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ASA HUTCHINSON
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STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES,
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; RICHARD McCORMICK,
Ph.D., CO-CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON CARE OF SEVERELY CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL VETERANS, AND THOMAS H.
MILLER, CHAIRMAN OF THE VA ADVISORY ON PROSTHETICS AND SPECIAL DISABILITIES PROGRAMS
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS
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STATEMENT OF RICHARD A. McCORMICK
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS H. MILLER
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;
ACCOMPANIED BY DENIS J. FITZGERALD, DIRECTOR, VISN 1, AND LEROY GROSS, DIRECTOR, VISN 6
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE
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STATEMENT OF DENIS FITZGERALD, M.D.
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STATEMENT OF LEROY P. GROSS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN COOKSEY
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STATEMENTS OF GORDON MANSFIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA; THOMAS H.
MILLER, AGAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION; JACQUELINE GARRICK, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; RICHARD A.
WANNEMACHER, JR., ASSOCIATE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; AND WILLIAM
WARFIELD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
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STATEMENT OF GORDON MANSFIELD
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STATEMENT OF JACQUELINE GARRICK
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STATEMENT OF RICHARD WANNEMACHER
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STATEMENT OF WILLIAM WARFIELD
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS H. MILLER
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