Health Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns of Florida asking a question while Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Terry Everett of Alabama looks on.

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Democratic Member Corrine Brown of Florida looks over her notes before asking a question of the panelists testifying at the joint hearing.

Ciro Rodriguez of Texas and Vic Snyder of Arkansas listen to the testimony of officials with VA Medical Facilities which were recently exposed as doing medical research on patients without their consent.

Health Subcommittee Ranking Democratic Member Luis Gutierrez of Illinois trying to get a concrete answer from a panelist regarding research performed without a patient's consent.

Dr. Kenneth Kizer, VA Under Secretary of Health, foreground, tells the Subcommittees that VA will impose stricter controls over medical research. He was accompanied by Dr. Timothy R. Gerrity, M.D.,VA’s Special Assistant to Chief Research and Development Officer, left, and Dr. John R. Feussner, M.D.,VA’s Chief Research and Development Officer

The Subcommittee swears in officials affiliated with the West Los Angeles Medical Center.

Subcommittee members heard from two spokesmen from NIH’s Office for Protection from Research Risks, Gary B. Ellis, foreground, and J. Thomas Puglisi.

Health Subcommittee Member Steve Buyer of Indiana makes a point.