House Committee on Veterans' Affairs


Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) looks on as Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR) testifies before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits. Snyder, a member of the full VA Committee, is the author of H.R. 1020 and Stupak the author of H.R. 3816, two of the four bills considered by the Subcommittee at the hearing. At right, Acting Chairman Jim Gibbons (R-NV) questions a panel.

Dr. Gary Roselle, MD, left, Program Director for Infectious Diseases at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, OH, testifies as disabled veteran Michael Shallow, center, and attorney Keith Snyder listen.
A panel of veterans organizations consisted of, from left, Harley Thomas, Associate Legislative Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America; Linda Spoonster Schwartz, RN, MSN, DrPH, Chair, VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans; Peter Gaytan, National Legislative Director, AMVETS; and Joy J. Ilem, Associate National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans.

At left, Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, issues her statement. She was accompanied by John McCourt, left, VBA’s Deputy Director, Compensation and Pension Service; and John H. Thompson, VA Deputy General Counsel. In the right photo, Richard C. Schneider, left, Director of State/Veterans Affairs, Non Commissioned Officers Association, gives the Subcommittee his organization’s official view of the proposed legislation. Waiting to speak are Philip R. Wilkerson, center, Deputy Director, National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commision, The American Legion; and Sidney Daniels, Deputy Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars.