Legislative Presentationsa of AMVETS, AFSA, FRA, NCOA, MOPH, TREA,; MOAA, NASDVA, and VVA

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs | 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC | 03/12/2009

Opening Statements

Hon. Bob Filner, Chairman, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Hon. Timothy J. Walz, a Representative in Congress from the State of Minnesota (Statement for the Record)

Witnesses

Panel 1

John Chad Hapner, American Veterans (AMVETS), National Commander
SMSGT Robert H. Price, USAF (Ret.), Air Force Sergeants Association, Director, Military and Government Relations
Master Chief Joseph L. Barnes, USN (Ret.), Fleet Reserve Association, National Executive Director
12th Sergeant Major H. Gene Overstreet, USMC (Ret.), Non Commissioned Officers Association of the United States of America, President
Jeff Roy, Military Order of the Purple Heart, National Commander
Charlie L. Flowers, USAF (Ret.), The Retired Enlisted Association, National President
Colonel Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.), Military Officers Association of America, Deputy Director, Government Relations
Charles F. Smith, National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, President
John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America, National President