COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS BOB STUMP, Arizona, Chairman CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey LANE EVANS, Illinois MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II, Massachusetts FLOYD SPENCE, South Carolina BOB FILNER, California TERRY EVERETT, Alabama LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Minois STEVE BUYER, Indiana SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia JACK QUINN, New York JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama CORRINE BROWN, Florida CLIFF STEARNS, Florida MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania DAN SCHAEFER, Colorado FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania JERRY MORAN, Kansas COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana JULIA CARSON, Indiana ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas SILVESTRE REYES, Texas VIC SNYDER, Arkansas CARL D. COMMENATOR, Chief Counsel and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON BENEFITS JACK QUINN, New York, Chairman DAN SCHAEFER, Colorado BOB FILNER, California J.D. HAYWORTH, Arkansas FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania RAY LA HOOD, Illinois SILVESTRE REYES, Texas (II) CONTENTS Page OPENING STATEMENTS Prepared statement of Chairman Quinn Prepared statement of Congressman Filner Hon. Lane Evans, ranking democratic member, Full Committee on Veterans' Prepared statement of Congressman Evans Hon. Frank Mascara 31 94 WITNESSES Backhus, Stephen, Director, Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Is- sues, General Accounting Office Prepared statement of Mr. Backhus Burns, Chuck, National Service Director, AMVETS Prepared statement of Mr. Burns Prepared statement of Mr. Magill Moffitt, Kristine, Director of Compensation and Pension Service, Department Prepared statement of Ms. Moffitt Puglisi, Matthew, Assistant Director, National VA and Rehabilitation Com- Prepared statement of Mr. Puglisi Russo, William, Director, Veterans' Benefits Programs, Vietnam Veterans Prepared statement of Mr. Russo, w/attachment Violante, Joseph, Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Chairman Quinn to Department of Veterans Affairs Chairman Quinn to Disabled American Veterans Congressman Evans to Disabled American Veterans Chairman Quinn to The American Legion Congressman Evans to The American Legion Chairman Quinn to Vietnam Veterans of America Chairman Quinn to Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressman Filner to Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressman Filner to Non Commissioned Officers Association (III) 105 .154, 156 159 161, 163 166 169 171 173 175 |