Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs - Serial No. 111-85

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Hearing records from the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, covering proceedings held Tuesday, June 15, 2010. The record identifies leadership, attendance, and formal opening statements, followed by witness testimony from U.S. and stakeholder organizations regarding the Veterans Benefits Administration. It also includes prepared statements and submitted materials for the record, with references to official printed publication as the authoritative version.

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CategoryLetters

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Pages86

Reading Time30 min

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The State of the Veterans Benefits Administration

Opening Statements

Witnesses

Material Submitted for the Record

HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 15, 2010 Serial No. 111–85 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 57–029 WASHINGTON : 2011 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, [http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For more](http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For more) information, contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Printing Office. Phone 202–512–1800, or 866–512–1800 (toll-free) . E-mail, [gpo@custhelp.com](gpo@custhelp.com). 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 DEBORAH L. HALVORSON, Illinois THOMAS S.P. PERRIELLO, Virginia HARRY TEAGUE, New Mexico CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas JOE DONNELLY, Indiana JERRY MCNERNEY, California ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota JOHN H. ADLER, New Jersey ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona GLENN C. NYE, Virginia STEVE BUYER, Indiana, Ranking CLIFF STEARNS, Florida JERRY MORAN, Kansas HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South Carolina JEFF MILLER, Florida JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida VERN BUCHANAN, Florida DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee MALCOM A. SHORTER, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS JOHN J. HALL, New York, Chairman DEBORAH L. HALVORSON, Illinois JOE DONNELLY, Indiana CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado, Ranking JEFF MILLER, Florida BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California 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 occurrences are inherent in the current publication process and should diminish as the process is further refined. C O N T E N T S June 15, 2010 Page The State of the Veterans Benefits Administration ............................................. 1 OPENING STATEMENTS Chairman John J. Hall ............................................................................................ 1 Prepared statement of Chairman Hall ........................................................... 39 Hon. Doug Lamborn, Ranking Republican Member ............................................. 3 Prepared statement of Congressman Lamborn .............................................. 40 Hon. Deborah L. Halvorson .................................................................................... 3 WITNESSES Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation, Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, USA (Ret.), D.O., Member ................................................................ 4 Prepared statement of General Blanck .......................................................... 40 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Michael Walcoff, Acting Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration ..................................... 26 Prepared statement of Mr. Walcoff ................................................................. 66 American Federation of Government Employees, AFL–CIO, and AFGE Veterans Affairs Council, Molly M. Ames, Rating Veterans Service Representative, Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office, San Diego, CA ........ 18 Prepared statement of Ms. Ames .................................................................... 59 American Legion, Ian [C.

FAQs

When and where was the hearing held?

The hearing was held Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in Washington, DC, at the U.S. House of Representatives facilities listed in the record.

Which subcommittee conducted the hearing?

The hearing was before the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

What does “Serial No. 111-85” indicate in the document?

It is the hearing record’s serial number as printed on the publication cover page.

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