SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BALCER          10     23     27  
COLTEN          31     33     36  
CUMMINGS        37     45     46     47     48     49     50     52     54  
DAVIS            8  
EVANS            3     19     21     22     32     33     45     46     47  
                48  
GRIFFIN         11     19     20     21     24  
GUTIERREZ        5      7     22     23     24     25     33     48     49  
                51     53     55     56  
LAHOOD           1      4      7      8      9     11     14     17     19  
                22     25     27     28     31     32     33     36     41  
                42     45     48     51     56  
MOORE           41     42     56  
MOSS            28     33     36  
PLANTE          14     19     25  
TERRENCE        42  
WOODALL         17     22  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RAY LAHOOD, ACTING CHAIRMAN
                                                                 PAGE     1

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' 
AFFAIRS
                                                                 PAGE     3

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
                                                                 PAGE     5

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. DANNY K. DAVIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
                                                                 PAGE     8

STATEMENT OF JAMES BALCER, DIRECTOR, VETERANS FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO; SOL GRIFFIN, CHAIRMAN, 
MINORITY VETERANS COMMITTEE AND PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF MONTFORD POINT MARINES; ROBERT P. 
PLANTE, SUPERVISOR, NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICE, CHICAGO DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; BRENDA WOODALL, 
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE OF LOCAL 73, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION
                                                                 PAGE     9

 STATEMENT OF JAMES BALCER
                                                                 PAGE    10

STATEMENT OF SOL GRIFFIN
                                                                 PAGE    11

STATEMENT OF ROBERT P. PLANTE
                                                                 PAGE    14

STATEMENT OF BRENDA WOODALL
                                                                 PAGE    17

STATEMENT OF GERALD S. MOSS, M.D., DEAN, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO; 
AND HARVEY R. COLTEN, M.D., DEAN, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEDICAL AFFAIRS, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 
MEDICAL SCHOOL
                                                                 PAGE    27

 STATEMENT OF GERALD S. MOSS, M.D.
                                                                 PAGE    28

STATEMENT OF HARVEY R. COLTEN, M.D.
                                                                 PAGE    31

STATEMENT OF JOAN E. CUMMINGS, M.D., NETWORK DIRECTOR, VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK 12, 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOSEPH L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, VA CHICAGO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND CHRISTOPHER F. TERRENCE, M.D., CHAIRMAN, INTEGRATION 
COORDINATING COMMITTEE, VA CHICAGO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
                                                                 PAGE    36

 STATEMENT OF JOAN E. CUMMINGS, M.D.
                                                                 PAGE    37

STATEMENT OF JOSEPH L. MOORE
                                                                 PAGE    41

STATEMENT OF CHRISTOPHER F. TERRENCE, M.D.
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