WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Oversight Hearing on Rural Veterans’ Access to Primary Care:  Successes and Challenges

Monday, August 22, 2005, at 9 a.m.
Room 501
Rangeley Hall
Eastern Maine Community College
354 Hogan Road 
Bangor, ME

Panel 1

Jeannette Chirico-Post, M.D.
Network Director
VA New England Healthcare System 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. John H. Sims, Jr.
Director
Togus VA Medical Center
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 2 

Mr. Don Simoneau
Vice Commander
The Department of Maine American Legion  
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Gary Lawyerson
Chairman
Maine Veterans Coordinating Committee 
(PDF)

Mr. Roger Lessard
President
AFGE Local 2610 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Submitting for the Record 

Mr. Philip Michael Farrell
Past State Commander
Veterans of Foreign Wars 

Mr. Ron Brodeur
Department Adjutant
Disabled American Veterans 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

COL Edward L. Chase, USAF (Ret.)
Chairman, Legislative Committee
Pine Tree Chapter
Military Officers Association of America 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Former State Representative Roger Landry
Co-Chair
Maine Task Force on Veterans’ Health Services 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Timothy Politis, CLU
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Maine Veterans’ Homes 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Charlie Smith
Team Leader
Caribou Veterans Center