Archive: VA Testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

2002 (107th Congress, Second Session)

• Vincent Barile, Deputy Under Secretary, National Cemetery Administration, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the three reports to Congress that the National Cemetery Administration completed in response to the requirements of Section 613 of Public Law 106-117, the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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, regarding delivery of transition services and benefits to military members.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' continuing delivery of services and benefits to our military members.
  
  

• Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the status of the Department's implementation of the VA Claims Processing Task Force's recommendations and to explore the potential for expanded partnerships with the Veterans Service Organizations.
  
  

• Robert Roswell, MD, Under Secretary of Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the status of the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) model.
  
  

• Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several legislative items of interest to the Department of Veterans Affairs, pertaining to benefits for veterans and their families.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2003 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2001 (107th Congress, First Session)

• Daniel L. Cooper, Chairman of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs' Claims Processing Task Force, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding the veterans' claims backlog and the time necessary to adjudicate each individual claim.
  
  

• Julius M. Williams, Jr., Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding the status of VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program for service disabled veterans.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding VA's preparedness to respond to DoD contingencies and National emergencies.
  
  

• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding H.R. 2716, the "Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 2001," a bill which would enhance existing VA programs for homeless veterans.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding HR 1291, the "21st Century Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act," which would increase the educational assistance allowance payable under the Montgomery GI Bill.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding HR 801, the "Veterans' Opportunities Act of 2001" and the Pilot Program for VA Guaranteed Loans for Multifamily Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2002 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2000 (106th Congress, Second Session)

• Veterans Benefits Administration, Departmental Views. The Department of Veterans Affairs submitted a Statement for the Record, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, regarding the Department's views on the joint efforts of government, business, industry and private entities to assist service members and veterans in the military skills documentation and civilian conversion process.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, regarding HR 3256, the "Veterans' Right to Know Act."
  
  

• Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary For Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, to provide the VA's views
  
  
• Gary A. Roselle, MD, Program Director for Infectious Diseases, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, to provide data regarding veterans testing positive for hepatitis C in the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee regarding the concept of well grounded claims and VA's statutory duty to assist claimants in the VA claim process.
  
  

• Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding VA's request for approximately $48 billion in Fiscal Year 2001 budget authority for veterans' programs.
  
  

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1999 (106th Congress, First Session)

• Celia P. Dollarhide, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits regarding legislative proposals affecting VA's education benefits programs.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee regarding the adjudication of Gulf War veterans' claims and the VA's efforts to improve Gulf War programs.
  
  

• Julius M. Williams, Jr., Director, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Counseling Service, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the ways that VA's two principal education, training, and employment assistance programs deal with credentialing and licensure, with a focus on how apprenticeship and other on-job training (OJT) programs to assist service members and veterans transitioning back into the economy.
  
  

• Roger Rapp, Acting Under Secretary, National Cemetery Administration, accompanied by Ms Judith Caden, Deputy Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits hearing regarding several bills that affect important programs for veterans and their dependents or survivors.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several bills that affect important programs for veterans and their dependents or survivors.
  
  

• Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, on HR 1071, the Montgomery GI Bill Improvements Act of 1999, and HR 1182, the Servicemembers Educational Opportunities Act of 1999, and the future role of the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) with respect to military recruitment and veterans' readjustment.
  
  

• Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding VA's request for $43.6 billion in Fiscal Year 2000 budget authority for veterans' programs.
  
  

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1998 (105th Congress, Second Session)

• John Thompson, Acting General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the issue of garnishment of VA benefits for child support and other court-ordered family obligations.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding benefits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides to Filipino veterans.
  
  

• Teresa L. Wright, MD, Chief, Gastroenterology Section, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding Hepatitis C infection in the VA Healthcare system.
  
  
• Nils R. Varney, PhD, Director of Training, Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding his research on cerebral malaria in Vietnam Veterans.
  
  
• John Booss, MD, Director of Neurology, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, and Professor of Neurology and Laboratory Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding potential long-term neuropsychological outcomes associated with malaria and cerebral malaria.
  
  
• Leonard B. Seeff, MD, Senior Scientist for Hepatitis C Research, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health and Former Chief, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding hepatitis C as it affects veterans who are cared for in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
  
  

• Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to provide the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on a draft bill to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and to make various improvements in education, housing, cemetery, and other programs benefiting veterans.
  
  

• Richard Standefer, Acting Chairman, Board of Veterans Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the operations of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  

• Roger Rapp, Acting Director, National Cemetery System, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the status of operations and activities of the VA's National Cemetery System.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding VBA's progress in implementing the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
  
  
• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding his vision for VBA as we move into the 21st Century.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to present the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs on HR 3039, the "Veterans Transitional Housing Opportunities Act of 1997."
  
  

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Gulf War veterans programs.
  
  
• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Gulf War Issues.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the Department's Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
  
  
• Togo D. West, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Department's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget.
  
  

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1997 (105th Congress, First Session)

• Peter H. Dougherty, Project Manager, VET HELP, Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc. (CHEP), VAMC, Perry Point, MD. Before a field hearing of the Subcommittee on Benefits of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, in Buffalo, NY to review homeless programs and transitional housing issues.
  
  

• Jerry W. Bowen, Director, National Cemetery System. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding two bills.
  
  

• Celia P. Dollarhide, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the Subcommittee on Benefits of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding legislative proposals affecting VA's education benefits programs.
  
  

• Celia P. Dollarhide, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the Subcommittee on Benefits, House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) for the VA Educational Assistance, Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling programs.
  
  

• Kristine A. Moffitt, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and Persian Gulf compensation claims.
  
  

• Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding FY98 budget.
  
  

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