VA Testimony before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

2011 (112th Congress, First Session)

• U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Panel , TESTIMONY OF SENATE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HEARING ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE EFFORTS
  
  

• U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Panel , TESTIMONY OF SENATE VETERANS' AFFAIRS ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
  
  

• HONORABLE W. SCOTT GOULD , STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE W. SCOTT GOULD
  
  

• The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki, BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012
  
  

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2010 (111th Congress, Second Session)

• ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
  
  

• KEITH M. WILSON, DIRECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, testifying before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS to discuss Improvements to the Post-9/11 GI Bill
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, testifying before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS to discuss Review of Veterans' Claims Processing: Are current efforts working?
  
  

• ROBERT JESSE, M.D., PH.D., ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION testifying before theCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE to discuss VA Health Care in Rural Areas
  
  

• THOMAS J. PAMPERIN, ASSOCIATE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, testifying before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS to discuss Pending Legislation
  
  

• DR. LUCILLE BECK, CHIEF CONSULTANT, OFFICE OF REHABILITATION SERVICES, OFFICE OF PATIENT CARE SERVICES VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS Oversight Hearing on TBI: Progress in Treating the Signature Wound of the Current Conflicts
  
  

• KIM A. GRAVES, DIRECTOR, EASTERN AREA VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Testifying before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS to discuss Veterans' Access to Benefits and Services in Appalachia
  
  

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2009 (111th Congress, First Session)

• Gerald M. Cross, MD, FAAFP, Acting Under Secretary for Health, testifying before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on pending legislation.
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, FAAFP, Acting under Secretary for Health Department of Veteran Affairs, before the Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs, to discuss the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center's (VAMC) treatment of Veterans with prostate cancer through brachytherapy and its safety.
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, FAAFP, Acting Under Secretary for Health, Despartment of Veteran Affairs, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) quality management and safety programs, as well as the facts and circumstances surrounding recent gaps in the reprocessing of endoscopes and how VA responded to this situation.
  
  

• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the state of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  

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2008 (110th Congress, Second Session)

• Michael Kussman, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing, to discuss the status of the Department of Veterans Affairs' efforts to exchange electronic medical information with the Department of Defense.
  
  

• Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, National Guard and Reserve Coordinator, Veterans Health Administration, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing to discuss cooperation between the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, the National Guard and the military reserves.
  
  
• Bradley Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing to discuss initiatives and outreach efforts undertaken by the Department of Veterans Affairs to National Guard and Reserve members returning from theaters of combat operations and demobilizing from active duty.
  
  

• Christa Hojlo, PhD, Christa Hojlo, Director, Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers and State Veterans Home Clinical and Survey Oversight, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity field hearing in Tupelo, Missouri, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs services to veterans requiring care in VA Community Living Centers.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss improvements implemented and planned for the care, management and transition of wounded, ill, and injured service members.
  
  

• Marisa Palkuti, Director, Health Care Retention and Recruitment Office, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration recruitment and retention programs, work schedules, and other issues related to creating a compassionate, qualified and diverse workforce of health care professionals.
  
  
• Steven Kleinglass, Director, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to discuss recruitment and retention efforts at the Minneapolis, Minnesota VA Medical Center.
  
  
• Sheila Cullen, Director, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to discuss recruitment and retention challenges faced by the San Francisco , Minnesota VA Medical Center.
  
  

• Steven Sayers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Clinical Research Psychologist at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing , to discuss married military veterans with mental health issues.
  
  

• Ruth Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program.
  
  

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2007 (110th Congress, First Session)

• Randall Campbell, Assistant General Counsel, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the performance and structure of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
  
  

• Joel Kupersmith, MD, Chief Research and Development Officer, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Persian Gulf War research programs.
  
  

• Kim Graves, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the current state of information technology in the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  
• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the current status of the VA Office of Information & Technology's reorganization and it's impact on the delivery of healthcare and benefits; the effect of enhanced VA IT security policies and procedures on healthcare and benefits delivery; the status of asset management/inventory control for IT systems; the legacy system transition; joint in-patient record systems; and unresolved problems identified during the realignment.
  
  
• Stephen Lucas, Director, Tampa Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the realignment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology.
  
  

• James Hastings, MD, Director, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Hawaii, to discuss the state of VA care in the Hawaii.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Maui, to discuss the state of VA care in Maui.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Oahu, to discuss VA care in Hawaii and the Pacific region.
  
  
• Ronald Aument, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Oahu, to discuss our efforts to meet the needs of veterans residing in the Pacific Region.
  
  

• Miles McFall, Ph.D., Director, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Programs, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Tacoma, Washington, to discuss VA Puget Sound Health Care System's service to veterans with stress-related mental disorders.
  
  
• Diana Rubens, Director, Western Area Veterans Benefits Administration, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Tacoma, Washington, to discuss the Veterans Benefits Administration's response to the mental health care needs of veterans.
  
  
• Dennis Lewis, Network Director, VISN 20, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Tacoma, Washington, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Northwest Health Network and the mental health services we are honored to provide our nation's veterans.
  
  
• Antoinette Zeiss, Ph.D., Deputy Chief Consultant, Office of Mental Health Services, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Tacoma, Washington, to discuss how the Department of Veterans Affairs is addressing the mental health care needs of our veterans.
  
  
• Robert Ramsey, Team Leader, Tacoma, Washington Vet Center Readjustment Counseling Service, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Tacoma, Washington, to discuss the role the Tacoma Vet Center plays in providing services within the Puget Sound Health Care System and our service area.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss a number of bills that would affect educational assistance programs administered by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense.
  
  

• Glen Grippen, Network Director, VISN 19, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the VA Rocky Mountain Network 19 and the health care services we offer to the veterans it is our privilege to serve.
  
  
• Richard Hartman, Director, VHA Policy, Analysis and Forecasting, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss VA's ongoing efforts to provide safe, effective, efficient and compassionate health care to veterans residing in rural areas.
  
  

• Judith Caden, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the progress made by the Department of Veterans Affairs in improving the delivery of employment services and benefits to our Nation's veterans.
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, to present the Administration's views on several bills that would affect Department of Veterans Affairs programs that provide veterans benefits and services.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Acting Under Secretary for Health, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his nomination.
  
  

• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on several bills of great interest to veterans.
  
  

• Patricia Resick, PhD, Director, Women's Division, National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss a national training initiative to train therapists in an effective therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the women's programs at Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System as an example of best practices for women veterans.
  
  
• David Oslin, MD, Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to describe our substance abuse treatment program at the Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
  
  
• Jan Kemp, RN, PhD, Associate Director for Education, Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss suicide prevention in the Rocky Mountain Network.
  
  

• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before a joint hearing of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and the Senate Committee on Armed Services, to discuss the transition of servicemembers from the Department of Defense to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the DoD and VA rating systems.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on S. 57, a bill that would deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Executive-in-Charge, Veterans Health Administration, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss on the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) efforts to ensure a seamless transition process for our injured service men and women, and our ongoing efforts to continuously improve this process.
  
  

• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Board of Veterans' Appeals' role in the VA benefits claims system.
  
  
• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Disability Compensation Program.
  
  

• Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the progress made by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense toward improving the delivery of health care and benefits to our Nation's veterans.
  
  

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2006 (109th Congress, Second Session)

• Robert Howard, nominee for Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his nomination.
  
  

• Thomas Lastowka, Director, VA Regional Office and Insurance Center, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the new Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance benefit, Traumatic Injury Protection.
  
  

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

• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the increase in the number of appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to a number of legislative items of great interest to veterans.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Principal Under Secretary for Health, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to present the Administration's views on several bills that would affect Department of Veterans Affairs programs that provide veterans benefits and services.
  
  

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

• Peter H. Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' programs and services for homeless veterans.
  
  

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

• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, to discuss the state of VA care in Hawaii.
  
  

• Diana Rubens, Director, Western Area, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, to the Veterans Benefits Administration's response to the needs of veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  
• Jon Harlan, MSW, Team Leader, Hilo Vet Center, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, to outline the role of the Hilo Vet Center in providing care and services to veterans of all eras, with special emphasis on newly returning veterans from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  

• Fred Gusman, MSW, Chief Operating Officer, VA Pacific Island Division, Honolulu, HI and Director, VA National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Education and Clinical Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, to discuss the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in meeting the mental health care needs of veterans and service members returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, to discuss the state of VA care in Hawaii.
  
  
• Stephen Molnar, MSW, Team Leader, Honolulu Vet Center, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, to discuss the state of VA care in Hawaii.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, to discuss the state of VA care in Hawaii.
  
  

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2005 (109th Congress, First Session)

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss ongoing repair and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
  
  

• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, regarding the issue of Individual Unemployability.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs information technology infrastructure reorganization assessment.
  
  

• George Opfer, Inspector General-Designate, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his nomination to serve as Inspector General.
  
  
• John Molino, Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning-Designate, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his nomination to serve as Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning.
  
  
• William Tuerk, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs-Designate, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his nomination to serve as Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs.
  
  
• Rober Henke, Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Management)-Designate, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his nomination to serve as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Management).
  
  
• Lisette Mondello, Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs-Designate, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding her nomination to serve as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs.
  
  

• Lawrence Biro, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing, to discuss veterans' rural healthcare in VISN 19 and in the state of Colorado.
  
  
• Michael Murphy, Ph.D., Medical Center Director, Grand Junction VA Medical Center, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing, to discuss veterans' rural healthcare at the Grand Junction VA Medical Center.
  
  

• Stephen Hunt, M.D., Director, Deployment Health Clinic, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing, regarding work that is being done to meet the needs of combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
  
  
• Dennis Lewis, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health Operations and Management, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' preparedness to meet the needs of returning Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans.
  
  
• Ronald Boxmeyer, Director, Seattle VA Regional Office, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing, regarding Veterans Benefits Administration's response to the needs of veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  
• Kristine Arnold, Director, Seattle VA Regional Office, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing, regarding Veterans Benefits Administration's response to the needs of veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, Under Secretary for Health, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' preparedness to meet the needs of returning Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans
  
  
• Diana Rubens, Director, Western Area Office, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing, regarding the Veterans Benefits Administration's response to the needs of veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  

• James Terry, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his confirmation as Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  

• Jack Hetrick, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Chicago, Illinois, regarding how the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital is prepared to meet the needs of veterans returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
  
  
• Ronald Aument, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Chicago, Illinois, regarding pay disparities for disability compensation benefits and the ongoing initiatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure consistency in disability rating decisions.
  
  

• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding several bills concerning important programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing, to present the Department's views on several different bills being considered by the Committee.
  
  

• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the extremely important work of the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, Under Secretary for Health, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VA's Long-Term Care Programs.
  
  

• Lawrence Brio, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing in Elko, Nevada, regarding healthcare in VISN 19 and in Elko, Nevada.
  
  
• James Floyd, Director, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing in Elko, Nevada, regarding veterans healthcare.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, Acting Under Secretary for Health, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his confirmation.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, Acting Secretary for Health, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding a seamless transition for separating service members from the Department of Defense health care system to the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system.
  
  
• David Hosking, Global War on Terrorism Outreach Readjustment Counselor, Madison Wisconsin Vet Center, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding Vet Center assistance to returning veterans and the role of a Global War on Terrorism Outreach Readjustment Counselor.
  
  
• Joseph Costello, Team Leader, Vista Vet Center, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the role of the Vista Vet Center in providing care and services to veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  

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

• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the important issue of survivors' benefits.
  
  

• James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his confirmation.
  
  

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2004 (108th Congress, Second Session)

• William A. Moorman, Nominee for appointment to the U. S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his confirmation.
  
  
• Robert Pittman, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his confirmation.
  
  

• Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding a number of bills that would primarily affect Department of Veterans Affairs programs of veterans benefits and services.
  
  

• Pamela Iovino, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding her confirmation as Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs.
  
  
• Robert Davis, Nominee for appointment to the U. S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his confirmation.
  
  

• Charleen Szabo, Acting Network Director, VA Stars & Stripes Healthcare Network, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing in Erie, Pennsylvania, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' long history of supporting small business and particularly minority-owned small businesses in the Department's acquisition program.
  
  

• Elwood Headley, MD, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 8, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing at Bay Pines, regarding veterans' health care in Florida
  
  
• Smith Jenkins, Director, VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, Florida before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing at Bay Pines, regarding the state of health care at the Bay Pines facility.
  
  
• William H. Campbell, Assistant Secretary for Management, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing at Bay Pines, regarding veterans' health care in Florida.
  
  

• Charleen Szabo, Acting Network Director, VA Stars & Stripes Healthcare Network, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VISN 4's ongoing efforts with regard to CARES.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, M.D., Under Secretary for Health, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to discuss the Department's ongoing efforts with regard to CARES.
  
  
• Everett Alvarez, Jr., CARES Commission Chairman, before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, to present the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Commission's Report.
  
  

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

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2003 (108th Congress, First Session)

• Robert McFarland, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding his confirmation.
  
  

• Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding a proposal to limit disability compensation eligibility to veterans with disabilities directly related to the performance of duty. Note: Only oral testimony was given.
  
  

• Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding veterans benefits legislation being considered by the 108th Congress.
  
  

• Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Field Hearing, in Philadelphia, regarding burial in a national cemetery.
  
  

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

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