WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH 

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION FOR FISCALYEAR 2007

Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
Room 334, Cannon House Office Building

Panel 1 

Honorable Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., MSHA, FACP
Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs 
(PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Brig. Gen. Michael J. Kussman, M.D., M.S., MACP (US Army Ret)
Deputy Under Secretary for Health for VHA
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Ms. Rita A. Reed
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Mr. Jimmy A. Norris
Chief Financial Officer for VHA
Department of Veterans Affairs 

James F. Burris, M.D.
Chief Consultant for Geriatrics and Extended Care
Department of Veterans Affairs 

and 

Mark Shelhorse, M.D.
Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Panel 2 

Mr. Carl Blake
Associate Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Representative of the Independent Budget 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Ms. Cathy Wiblemo
Deputy Director for Health Care
The American Legion 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Submitting  for the Record 

Mr. Richard Weidman
Director, Government Relations
Vietnam Veterans of America 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Steven Sharfstein, M.D.
President
American Psychiatric Association 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. John Gage
President
The American Federation of Government Employees
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)