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LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2942; H.R. 3056; H.R. 3614; H.R. 4031; H.R. 4037; H.R. 4038; H.R. 4147; H.R. 4150; AND H.R. 4151
HEARING
BEFORE THE
 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
OF THE
 
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014
Serial No. 113–59
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COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
JEFF MILLER, Florida,
Chairman
DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida,
Vice-Chairman
DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee BILL FLORES, Texas JEFF DENHAM, California JON RUNYAN, New Jersey DAN BENISHEK, Michigan TIM HUELSKAMP, Kansas MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado BRAD R. WENSTRUP, Ohio PAUL COOK, California JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana DAVID JOLLY, Florida MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine,
 Ranking  Minority Member
CORRINE BROWN, Florida MARK TAKANO, California JULIA BROWNLEY, California DINA TITUS, Nevada  ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona RAUL RUIZ, California GLORIA NEGRETE M
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 Democratic Staff Director
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
BILL FLORES, Texas,
Chairman
JON RUNYAN, New Jersey MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado PAUL COOK, California BRAD WENSTRUP, Ohio MARK TAKANO, California,
 Ranking  Member
JULIA BROWNLEY, California DINA TITUS, Nevada  ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona Pursuant to clause 2(e)(4) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House, public hearing records of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs are also published in electronic form.
The printed hearing record remains the official version.
Because electronic submissions are used to prepare both printed and electronic versions of the hearing record, the process of converting between various electronic formats may introduce unintentional errors or omissions. Such occur-rences are inherent in the current publication process and should diminish as the process is further refined.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2942; H.R. 3056; H.R. 3614; H.R. 4031; H.R. 4037; H.R. 4038; H.R. 4147; H.R. 4150; AND H.R. 4151 ..................................1 OPENING STATEMENTS Hon. Bill Flores, Chairman .....................................................................................1 Hon. Mark Takano, Ranking Member ...................................................................2 WITNESSES Mr. Curtis L. Coy, Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ..........................................................................7 Prepared Statement .........................................................................................30  Accompanied by: Mr. John Brizzi, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Department of Labor Hon. Keith Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor .....................................................................10 Prepared Statement .........................................................................................39  Accompanied by: Ms. Demetra Nightingale, Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor Mr. Steve Gonzalez, Assistant Director, National Economic Commission, The  American Legion ..................................................................................................17 Prepared Statement .........................................................................................43 Mr. Pete Hegseth, Chief Executive Office, Concerned Veterans for America ....19 Prepared Statement .........................................................................................50 Mr. Ryan Gallucci, Deputy Legislative Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars ......21 Prepared Statement .........................................................................................52 Mr. William Hubbard, Vice President of External Affairs, Student Veterans of America .............................................................................................................23 Prepared Statement .........................................................................................58 MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Wounded Warrior Project ........................................................................................62 Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Paul R. Varela, Director ............................67  VetsFirst ...................................................................................................................73  Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, (APSCU) .....................77 Senior Executive Association ..................................................................................80
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