VA Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies

2008 (110th Congress, Second Session)

• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the HouseAppropriations Subommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Information Technology budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs .
  
  

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2007 (110th Congress, First Session)

• Gerald Cross, MD, Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteransâ?? Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing, to discuss the broad policy issues related to long-term care in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the President's budget proposal to support that care in Fiscal Year 2008.
  
  

• Joel Kupersmith, MD, Chief Research and Development Officer, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetic research program's fiscal year 2008 budget request.
  
  

• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, to discuss the Disability Compensation Program.
  
  

• Pete Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' programs and services that help homeless veterans achieve self sufficiency.
  
  
• Michael Kussman, MD, Acting Under Secretary for Health, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, to discuss the ongoing steps that the Department of Veterans Affairs is taking in order to meet the mental health care needs of our Nation's veterans.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Acting Under Secretary for Health, before a House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteransâ?? Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing, to discuss the Veterans Health Administration overall health care delivery. The Veterans Health Administration is requesting $36.6 billion for medical care in 2008.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteransâ?? Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing, to discuss the Department's FY 2008 Budget Request.
  
  

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2006 (109th Congress, Second Session)

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to present the President's 2007 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Robert McFarland, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, to discuss the importance of electronic health records and the tremendous progress made by the Department of Veterans Affairs toward the development of these technologies and the sharing of information with our close partner, the Department of Defense.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, to discuss the Joint Incentive Fund, one of many important collaborative efforts between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
  
  

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2005 (109th Congress, First Session)

• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs, to discuss the ongoing efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) process.
  
  

• James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Hearing, regarding the President's 2006 budget proposal for VA.
  
  

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