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Panel 1 

Honorable Anthony J. Principi
Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Honorable Tim S. McClain
General Counsel
Department of Veterans Affairs 

And 

Honorable William H. Campbell
Assistant Secretary for Management
Department of Veterans Affairs 

And 

Mrs. Laura Miller
Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management
Department of Veterans Affairs 

And 

Mr. James M. Sullivan
Deputy Director, Office of Asset Enterprise
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Honorable Everett Alvarez, Jr.
Former Chairman
Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Commission 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 2 

Mr. Dennis Brimhall
President and Chief Executive Officer
University of Colorado Hospital 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Lawrence A. Biro
Network Director
VISN 19:  Rocky Mountain Network 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. John L. Nau, III
Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Dennis Samic
Treasurer, American Veterans Heritage Center, Inc. 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 3 

Mr. Richard Jones
National Legislative Director
AMVETS 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Peter S. Gaytan
Principal Deputy Director
The American Legion 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

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

Ms. Joy J. Ilem
Assistant National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Richard Fuller
National Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Submitting for the Record 

Mr. Robert Wallace
Executive Director
Veterans of Foreign Wars 

Mr. Richard Moe
President
National Trust for Historic Preservation
 

Chairman Rob Simmons (CT-02) took testimony on legislation he is drafting, the Veterans Health Care Facilities Management Act of 2004, which would better manage VA's vast health care infrastructure.

Everett Alvarez, Jr., former Chairman of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission, talked about how the Commission reached their recommendations for improving VA's health care infrastructure to meet veterans needs in the future.

University of Colorado Hospital President Dennis Brimhall discussed the collaborative efforts between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD) and the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) to build a Federal Health Care Tower at the new Fitzsimons Campus.

John L. Nau, Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, called for greater sensitivity to preserving historic VA hospitals and other facilities.  Seated with him are General Samic (left) of the American Veterans Heritage Center, and Lawrence Biro (right), VA Health Care Network Director for VISN 19, the Rocky Mountain Network.