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WITNESS LIST

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON BENEFITS

Hearing on draft legislative concepts for
21^st Century Veterans’ Employment & Training legislation,
 H.R. 364, and draft legislative concepts for miscellaneous
VA Education programs, and H.R. 625

Thursday, October 28, 1999, 9:00 a.m.

340 Cannon House Office Building

Panel 1

Honorable Bob Ney

Panel 2

Honorable Espiridion (Al) Borrego
Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ Employment & Training
Department of Labor

Ms. Celia Dollarhide
Director, Education Service
Veterans Benefits Administration

Panel 3

Mr. Robert C. Gross
President, ICESA

Mr. Ronald W. Drach
President, R.W. Drach Consulting

Mr. Dennis A. Beagle
Executive Board Member
New York State Public Employees Federation

Mr. Michael Blecker
Executive Director
Swords to Plowshares

Mr. James Hartman
Federal Director, Veterans’ Employment and Training
New York Department of Labor

Panel 4

Mr. Christopher J. Brennan
Dean, Business and Workforce Development
Middlesex Community College, MA

accompanied by

Mr. George J. Moriarty
Executive Director, The Career Place

Mr. Woodrow C. McCutchen
President, Association of Small Business Development Centers

Panel 5

Mr. Joseph Andry
Director, Veteran Service Division
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services

Mr. John Hall
Disabled Veterans Outreach Program 
New York Department of Labor

Ms. Effi Baldwin
Local Veterans Employment Representative
Arizona Department of Economic Security-Job Service

Panel 6

Mr. James B. Hubbard
Director, National Economic Commission
The American Legion

accompanied by

Mr. Philip Wilkerson
Deputy Director, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation
The American Legion

Mr. Rick Weidman
Director, Government Relations
Vietnam Veterans of America

Mr. James N. Magill
Director, Veterans Services
Veterans of Foreign Wars

Mr. Larry D. Rhea
Deputy Director, Legislative Affairs
Non Commissioned Officers Association

Statements for the Record

Mr. Mike Sheridan
Executive Director
Texas Workforce Commission
Austin, Texas

Major General Thomas F. Sikora, US Army, Retired
Vice President and Division General Manager
Resource Consultants, Inc.