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LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2721, H.R. 3786, H.R. 6070, H.R. 4255, H.R. 6221, H.R. 6224, H.R. 6225, AND H.R. 6272
HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION JUNE 19, 2008
Serial No. 110–93
Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
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COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
BOB FILNER, California,
Chairman
CORRINE BROWN, Florida VIC SNYDER, Arkansas MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South Dakota HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona JOHN J. HALL, New York PHIL HARE, Illinois SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas JOE DONNELLY, Indiana JERRY M
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NERNEY, California ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota DONALD J. CAZAYOUX, J
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., Louisiana STEVE BUYER, Indiana,
Ranking
CLIFF STEARNS, Florida JERRY MORAN, Kansas HENRY E. BROWN, J
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., South Carolina JEFF MILLER, Florida JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida VERN BUCHANAN, Florida STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana M
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Staff Director
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota,
Chairwoman
JOE DONNELLY, Indiana JERRY M
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NERNEY, California JOHN J. HALL, New York JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas,
Ranking
JERRY MORAN, Kansas STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana 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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C O N T E N T S
June 19, 2008
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Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2721, H.R. 3786, H.R. 6070, H.R. 4255, H.R. 6221, H.R. 6224, H.R. 6225, and H.R. 6272 .......................................................1 OPENING STATEMENTS Chairwoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin ..............................................................1 Prepared statement of Chairwoman Herseth Sandlin ..................................34 Hon. John Boozman, Ranking Republican Member .............................................2 Prepared statement of Congressman Boozman .............................................35 WITNESSES U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, R. Keith Pedigo, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, Veterans Benefits Administration .....................................................................................................28 Prepared statement of Mr. Pedigo ..................................................................58 American Legion, Joseph C. Sharpe, Jr., Deputy Director, National Economic Commission ...........................................................................................................20 Prepared statement of Mr. Sharpe .................................................................45 Cardoza, Hon. Dennis A., a Representative in Congress from the State of California ..............................................................................................................6 Prepared statement of Congressman Cardoza ...............................................36 Carter, Hon. John R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas ...7 Prepared statement of Congressman Carter ..................................................37 CTIA—The Wireless Association, Bobby Franklin, Executive Vice President ...12 Prepared statement of Mr. Franklin ...............................................................42 Disabled American Veterans, Kerry Baker, Associate National Legislative Director .................................................................................................................19 Prepared statement of Mr. Baker ...................................................................43 Filner, Hon. Bob, Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, a Representa-tive in Congress from the State of California ....................................................3 Prepared statement of Congressman Filner ...................................................35 Lofgren, Hon. Zoe, a Representative in Congress from the State of California .4 Prepared statement of Congresswoman Lofgren ...........................................36 Paralyzed Veterans of America, Richard Daley, Associate Legislation Director 21 Prepared statement of Mr. Daley ....................................................................47 United States Olympic Committee, Charles Huebner, Chief of Paralympics .....10 Prepared statement of Mr. Huebner ...............................................................39 Vietnam Veterans of America, Richard F. Weidman, Executive Director for Policy and Government Affairs ...........................................................................22 Prepared statement of Mr. Weidman .............................................................50 Welch, Hon. Peter, a Representative in Congress from the State of Vermont ...9 Prepared statement of Congressman Welch ...................................................38 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD U.S. Department of Defense, Hon. Michael L. Dominguez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, statement ............60 U.S. Department of Labor, Hon. Charles S. Ciccolella, Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training, statement .........................................61 OnPoynt Communications, Dallas, TX, Rebecca Noah Poynter, Owner, and Co-Founder, Military Spouse Business Association, statement .......................62
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