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NEWS from Legislative hearing on H.R. 4765, 21st Century Veterans Employment and Training Act and H.R. 3256, Veterans’ Right to Know Act 

Witness List and Statements

At far left, Dennis Beagle, New York State Public Employees Federation, testifies at the Benefits Subcommittee’s second day of hearings on employment legislation. At right is Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Caulfield (USMC, ret.), CEO of MilitaryHub.com and Chairman of the Board of Hire Quality, Inc. and Third Rail Technology, Inc. He was accompanied by President Brian Feucht. Between Feucht and Beagle is Robert C. Gross, President of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies (ICESA) and Executive Director of the Utah Department of Workforce Services. At right, Benefits Subcommittee Ranking Democratic Member Bob Filner (D-CA) stresses a point as Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL), left, Ranking Democratic Member of the full VA Committee, and Subcommittee Vice Chairman J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) listen.
At left, Raymond Boland, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and Legislative Chairman, National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, gets a laugh from fellow panelists Rick Weidman, Director, Government Relations, Vietnam Veterans of America; James B. Hubbard, Director, National Economic Commission, The American Legion; and Ron Drach, President, R.W. Drach Consulting. First to speak on the final panel, right, was James N. Magill, Director, National Employment Policy, Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was joined by (from left, Geoff Hopkins, Associate Legislative Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America; John Lopez, Chairman, Association of Service Disabled Veterans; and Joseph Forney, Assistant Coordinator, Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise.