Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), right, of the VA Subcommittee on Health raises a point with Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL), second from left. Also listening are the Subcommittee’s Ranking Democratic Member, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), left, and Majority Counsel John Bradley.                                

William Flynn, foreground, Director of Retirement and Insurance Programs for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reads his prepared remarks to the Subcommittee, as VA Assistant Secretary for Management Edward A. Powell, center, listens. Powell was accompanied by Gary J. Krump, VA’s Deputy Assistant for Acquisition and Materiel Management.

Dr. Robert B. Betz, Executive Director of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, listens as Richard A. Wannemacher Jr., Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) testifies.