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WITNESS LIST 

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 

Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2716, the Homeless

Veterans Assistance Act of 2001, and H.R. 936, the

Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance Act

Thursday, September 20, 2001 at 1:30 p.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building
 

PANEL 1 

Frances Murphy, M.D.
Deputy Under Secretary for Health
   
Department of Veterans Affairs
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Accompanied by: 

Mr. Peter H. Dougherty
Director, Homeless Veterans Programs
 

The Honorable Roy A. Bernardi
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning & Development
Department of Housing and Urban Development
 
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Accompanied by: 

John B. Garrity
Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance

PANEL 2 

Mrs. Heather French Henry
Miss America 2000
   
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Mr. John Kuhn
Chief, VA New Jersey Homeless Services
   
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Accompanied by: 

Ms. Angela Gipson 

Mr. Stuart Collick 

Mr. Walter McConnell 

PANEL 3 

Mr. Carl Blake
Associate Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America
   
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Mr. Brian E. Lawrence
Associate National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans
 
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Ms. Jacqueline Garrick
Deputy Director, Health Care
National Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Commission
The American Legion
   
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Ms. Linda Boone
Executive Director
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
   
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Mr. Theodore R. Jones
Chief Steward, Local 1647
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO
   
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Mr. Richard Weidman
Director of Government Relations
Vietnam Veterans of America
   
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Mr. Richard Schneider
Director, State/Veterans Affairs 

Non Commissioned Officers Association
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Statements for the Record

Mr. Richard Jones
National Legislative Director
AMVETS
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Ralph Ibson
NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
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American Psychiatric Association
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JAMES N. MAGILL, DIRECTOR
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT POLICY

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
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