VA Testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

2011 (112th Congress, First Session)

• Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,testifies before the House Committee on Veterans Affairson the Departments Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2012.
  
  

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2010 (111th Congress, Second Session)

• Edward Murray, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Continued Oversight of Inadequate Cost Controls at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  
  

• Patricia Vandenberg, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Planning, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Serving Virginia’s Rural Veterans
  
  

• Robert A. Petzel, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans at Risk: The Consequences of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Non-Compliance
  
  

• Robert A. Petzel, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, To testify before House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to discuss U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General’s Open Recommendations: Are We Fixing the Problems?
  
  

• Joel Kupersmith, Chief Research and Development Officer, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to discuss Health Effects of the Vietnam War – The Aftermath
  
  

• Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to discuss Structuring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of the 21st Century
  
  

• Ira Katz, Deputy Chief Officer, Mental Health Services, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to discuss Exploring the Relationship Between Medication and Veteran Suicide
  
  

• Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to discuss U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for FY 2011 and FY 2012
  
  

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2009 (111th Congress, First Session)

• Rita A. Reed, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to discuss U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Funding: Appropriations to Programs
  
  
• Michael S. Finegan, Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 11, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to discuss U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Funding: Appropriations to Programs
  
  

• Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the State of VA.
  
  

• James M. Sullivan, Director, Office of Asset Enterprise Management, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to discuss with VA's Green Management Program and VA's commitment to energy efficiencies and cleaner energy.
  
  

• Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the state of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2008 (110th Congress, Second Session)

• Patrick Dunne, Acting Undersecretary for Benefits and Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee update the Committee on the Department of Veterans Affairs' progress in implementing the wounded warrior provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2008.
  
  

• The Honorable James B. Peake, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to provide information on the issues related to veterans suicide.
  
  

• Pete Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to discuss Department of Veterans Affairs' programs and services that help homeless veterans achieve self-sufficiency.
  
  

• Kristin Day, Chief Consultant, Care Management and Social Work Service, Office of Patient Care Services, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss mental health treatment for families and the Department of Veterans Affairs' efforts to support those who support our veterans.
  
  

• The Honorable James B. Peake, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to present the President's 2009 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, to discuss the reports from Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of the Inspector General and the Office of the Medical Inspector regarding surgical care provided at the Marion, Illinois VA Medical Center.
  
  

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2007 (110th Congress, First Session)

• Ira Katz, M.D., Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Mental Health program and suicide prevention.
  
  
• Kara Zivin, Ph.D., Research Health Scientist, Health Services Research and Development, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss suicide among veterans treated for depression in the the Department of Veterans Affairs Health System.
  
  

• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the realignment progress in the Office of Information & Technology.
  
  
• Paul Tibbits, M.D., Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Office of Enterprise Development, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the progress made in VA as a result of the centralization of IT development activities.
  
  

• William Feeley, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to ongoing efforts to improve the quality of care that we provide to veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury and complex multiple trauma.
  
  
• Elizabeth Freeman, Director, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center located at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
  
  
• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss with you the Board of Veterans' Appeals' role in the Department of Veterans Affairs' benefits claims adjudication system.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, discuss the current state of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Ira Katz, M.D., Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss multiple diagnoses and specifically about the principle that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder frequently coexists with other mental health conditions.
  
  
• Tracie Shea, Ph.D., Psychologist, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Providence, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on issues related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Personality Disorders.
  
  

• Rica Lewis-Payton, Deputy Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 16, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on rebuilding and recovery efforts in southeastern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to address the current policy and status of Priority Group 8 veterans.
  
  

• Bradley Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to provide the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs on the "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007".
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, regarding the benefits the Department of Veterans Affairs provides to World War II Filipino veterans.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to present the President's 2008 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2006 (109th Congress, Second Session)

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to provide the Department's views on eight bills, all intended to protect the personal privacy of veterans and others affected by the May 3, 2006 theft of computer equipment containing veterans' personal data.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the theft of computer equipment containing VA data from the home of a VA employee on May 3, 2006.
  
  

• Robert Howard, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs information technology reorganization plan and the recent data loss incident.
  
  

• Tim McClain, General Counsel, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss certain legal implications of the May 3, 2006, theft from a VA employee's home of personal-identifying information concerning veterans, service members and some spouses.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' construction program and 5 Year Capital Plan.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Principal Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the progress, advances and future direction of the Department of Veterans Affairs Project HERO (Healthcare Effectiveness through Resource Optimization) pilot program.
  
  

• Michael Moreland, Director, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on the important topic of improving veterans' access to care through collaborations.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to present the President's 2007 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2005 (109th Congress, First Session)

• James Terry, Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, regarding the operations of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  
• Ronald Aument, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, regarding the Disability Compensation Program.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) information technology infrastructure reorganization assessment.
  
  

• Alfonso Batres, Ph.D., Chief Readjustment Counseling Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vet Center program and the role Vet Centers play in providing care and services to veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
  
  
• Matthew Friedman M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director of the VA's National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding a variety of issues related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
  
  
• Michael Kussman, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Post Traumatic Stress Disorder programs, and the Department's capability of meeting the mental health and physical health needs of veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, in their seamless transition from Department of Defense to Department of Veterans Affairs care.
  
  

• The Honorable James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the budget forecasting and finances of the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' actuarial health care demand model.
  
  

• James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing, regarding the President's 2006 budget proposal for VA.
  
  

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2004 (108th Congress, Second Session)

• Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) actions taken since September 11, 2001, to improve its security and emergency preparedness, and its ability to respond to bio-terrorism attacks and other emergency situations.
  
  

• Rory Cooper, PhD, Senior Career Research Scientist and Director, Center of Excellence for Wheelchairs and Associated Rehabilitation Engineering, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding how VA's ongoing research and development intersects with the promotion of full participation in society of veterans with severe mobility impairments.
  
  
• Michael Kussman, MD, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) in research and amputee care for veterans of current and past conflicts, and on VA's blind rehabilitation program.
  
  
• Nancy Strohm, Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator, VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VA's commitment to providing quality services to our blind and visually impaired veterans.
  
  
• Penny Schuckers, Chief, Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VA's commitment to providing quality services to our blind and visually impaired veterans.
  
  
• Bruce Davis, Deputy Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VA's commitment to providing quality services to our blind and visually impaired veterans.
  
  

• Scott Denniston, Director, Office of Small Business and Center for Veterans Enterprise, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Small Business, regarding Department of Veterans Affairs activities to implement the veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned small business programs as envisioned by Public Law 106-50 and 108-183.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding stewardship of America's programs of veterans benefits and services.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding programs and services for homeless veterans.
  
  
• John Kuhn, Chief, Homeless Services, Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding programs and services for homeless veterans.
  
  

• Robert J. Epley, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to present the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs on several bills of great interest to our Nation's veterans
  
  

• Dorcas R. Hardy, Chairman, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the findings and recommendations of the 2004 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2005 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding continued enhancement of VA's long-term care programs.
  
  

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2003 (108th Congress, First Session)

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the VA's efforts toward a seamless transition for returning service members.
  
  

• Thomas Lastowka, Director, Philadelphia VA Regional Office and Insurance Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding life insurance programs that are supervised and administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Tim McClain, General Counsel, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Administration's views on six bills that pertain primarily to the veterans health-care system.
  
  

• Ronald Henke, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the Fiduciary Program in the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  

• Leo Mackay, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the recommendations in the Final Report issued by the "President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery For Our Nation's Veterans".
  
  

• Robert Epley, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several legislative items of interest to veterans.
  
  

• Leo S. Mackay Jr., PhD, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding stewardship of America's programs of veterans benefits and services.
  
  

• Richard J. Griffin, Inspector General, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Office of Inspector General's efforts to identify and eliminate fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Leo Mackay, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to present the Department's views on three measures affecting Department of Veterans Affairs education and vocational rehabilitation programs and small-business opportunities for veterans - H.R. 1460, H.R. 1716, H.R. 1712.
  
  

• Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several bills of great interest to veterans.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Statement for the Record submitted to the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits in association with a hearing on the U.S. Department of Education-Department of Defense Troops to Teachers program.
  
  

• Gail Wilensky, PhD, Co-Chair, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding recommendations focusing on changing the VA health care funding process, and increasing VA-DoD cooperation.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2004 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the challenges facing the VA in meeting the current demand for VA health care services.
  
  

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