Subcommittee on Health Legislative Hearing

The Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing entitled "Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 234, Korean American VALOR Act; H.R. 344, Women Veterans TRUST Act; H.R. 958, Protecting Moms Who Served Act; H.R. 1448, PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act; H.R. 1510, Veterans’ Camera Reporting Act; and H.R. 2093, Veterans and Family Information Act; H.R. 2441, the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021; a discussion draft of the DOULA for VA Act; and a discussion draft to clarify the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs."

This meeting will be livestreamed on Youtube and Facebook. 

Witness List

Panel 1

The Honorable Mark Takano

U.S. House of Representatives

41^st District; California

The Honorable Lauren Underwood

U.S. House of Representatives

14^th District; Illinois

The Honorable Steve Stivers

U.S. House of Representatives

15^th District; Ohio

The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries

U.S. House of Representatives

8^th District; New York

The Honorable Cynthia Axne

U.S. House of Representatives

3^rd District; Iowa

The Honorable Brenda Lawrence

U.S. House of Representatives

14^th District; Michigan

The Honorable Brad Wenstrup

U.S. House of Representatives

2^nd District; Ohio

Panel 2

Mr. Marquis Barefield

Assistant National Legislative Director

Disabled American Veterans (DAV)

Mr. Brian Dempsey

Government Affairs Director

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)

Ms. Lindsay Church

Executive Director/ Co-Founder

Minority Veterans of America (MVA)

Panel 3

Dr. Clifford A. Smith

Director, Analytics, Innovations and Collaborations

Veterans Health Administration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Dr. Amanda Johnson

Director, Women’s Reproductive Health

Veterans Health Administration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Statements for the Record

The Honorable David McKinley

U.S. House of Representatives

1^st District; West Virginia

Paws4People

Nestlé Purina PetCare

Allstate

Korean-American Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America

Paralyzed Veterans of America

American Podiatric Medical Association

Veterans of Foreign Wars