NEWS
from Legislative presentation of the Non Commissioned Officers Association,
Jewish War Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Blinded Veterans Association
Thursday , March 2, 2000 9:30 a.m
Witness List
and Statements
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At left, Rep. Ronnie
Shows (D-MS) greets panelists at the legislative presentation held jointly with the Senate
Committee on Veterans Affairs on March 2. Listening is Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV).
At right, Rep. Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) consults with House VA Committee Chairman Bob Stump
(R-AZ) as Ranking Democratic Member Lane Evans (D-IL) addresses a panel. |
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Sign
language makes the legislative presentation accessible to the hearing impaired. At right,
other officials of the Non Commissioned Officers Association applaud as President/CEO David Sommers lists the groups legislative priorities for the
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National Commander
Monroe E. Mayer, third from right in right photo, lists the
legislative priorities of Jewish War Veterans. He was introduced by his congressman, Rep.
Ben Gilman (R-NY), seated to Mayers right. |
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At the microphone in the left
photo, Dr. Robert L. Smith, National President, speaks for
Blinded War Veterans, while National President Homer S. Townsend Jr., at far right in the
right photo, represented Paralyzed Veterans of America. |
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