SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BILIRAKIS 7 9 33 34 35 36 37 38 45
46 47 48 49 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 87 88 113 116 117
118 119 125
BILLIK 94 99 100 101 102 103 104 106 107
108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115
BUYER 5
CAPPELLO 97 105 122 123 124
CLARK 91 115 117 118 119
CLYBURN 3 15 27 28 29 30 31 40 41
42 43 44 45 57 58 59 60 61
62 63 106 107 108 109 110
DOYLE 9 49 79 81 82 88 89 121 122
123
EVERETT 1 5 6 7 9 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 20 22 23 24 25 26
31 33 36 38 39 40 45 49 50
52 53 54 55 56 57 61 64 69
70 71 78 79 83 84 85 87 88
90 91 94 97 99 100 101 102 103
104 105 110 111 114 115 116 117 118
120 124 125
MASCARA 6 31 32 33 45 65 66 67 68
69 70 71 81 86 87 111 112 113
114 115 123 124
MERRIMAN 50 52 53 54 57 58 63 65 66
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 81 83 84 85 86 87
88
REGAN 54 55 56 58 59 60 61 62 76
SANFORD 12 13 14 15 17
SMITH 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 32
33 34 35 37 38 39 40 42 43
44 45 46 47 48 49
STALEY 58 66 68 71 75 81 84 87 88
89
TRUESDELL 17 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42
43 47 48 49
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OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN EVERETT
PAGE 1
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN
PAGE 3
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. STEVE BUYER
PAGE 5
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
PAGE 6
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE SATE OF FLORIDA
PAGE 7
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA
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STATEMENT OF HON. MARSHALL ''MARK'' SANFORD, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA
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TESTIMONY OF FLETCHER P. TRUESDELL, CHARLESTON VA MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEE, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY KATE IRENE SMITH, RN, CHARLESTON VA MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEE, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS
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TESTIMONY OF FLETCHER P. TRUESDELL
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TESTIMONY OF KATE IRENE SMITH
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TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM T. MERRIMAN, DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;
ACCOMPANIED BY MAUREEN REGAN, COUNSELOR TO THE VETERANS AFFAIRS INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND MICHAEL
STALEY, DIRECTOR, HOTLINE AND SPECIAL INQUIRIES
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TESTIMONY OF KENNETH CLARK, CHIEF NETWORK OFFICER, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY DEAN S. BILLIK, DIRECTOR, CENTRAL TEXAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM, VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICES NETWORK 17, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND THOMAS A. CAPPELLO, DIRECTOR, PITTSBURGH VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, VETERANS
INTEGRATED SERVICES NETWORK 4, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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TESTIMONY OF KENNETH CLARK
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TESTIMONY OF DEAN S. BILLIK
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TESTIMONY OF THOMAS A. CAPPELLO
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