Full Committee Legislative Hearing

The Full Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 1273, Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Study Act (Rep. Zeldin); H.R. 1355, K2 Veterans Care Act of 2021(Rep. Lynch); H.R. 1585, Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021 (Rep. Meng); H.R. 1972, Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021(Rep. Harder); H.R. 2127, TEAM Act (Rep. Bost); H.R. 2268, Keeping Our Promises Act (Rep.Westerman); H.R. 2368, COVENANT Act (Rep. Luria); H.R. 2372, Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (Rep Ruiz); H.R. 2436, Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021 (Rep. Slotkin); H.R. 2530, Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Radiation Study Act (Rep. Nehls); H.R. 2569, Veterans Agent Orange Exposure Equity Act (Rep. Cartwright); H.R. 2580, Palomares Veterans Act of 2021 (Rep. Hayes); H.R. 2607, FASTER Presumptions Act (Rep. Trone); H.R. 2742, PFAS Registry Act of 2021 (Rep. Pappas), and H.R. 2825, Fort McClellan Health Registry Act (Rep. Tonko)”

This meeting will be livestreamed on Youtube and Facebook and you can find all hearing documents on the Committee Repository here.

Witness List

Panel 1

The Honorable Mike Bost

U.S. House of Representatives (IL-12)

The Honorable Elaine Luria

U.S. House of Representatives (VA-2)

The Honorable Troy Nehls

U.S. House of Representatives (TX-22)

The Honorable Chris Pappas

U.S. House of Representatives (NH-1)

The Honorable Elissa Slotkin

U.S. House of Representatives (MI-8)

The Honorable David Trone

U.S. House of Representatives (MD-6)

The Honorable Raul Ruiz

U.S. House of Representatives (CA-36)

The Honorable Bruce Westerman

U.S. House of Representatives (AK-4)

The Honorable Stephen Lynch

U.S. House of Representatives (MA-8)

The Honorable Lee Zeldin

U.S. House of Representatives (NY-1)

The Honorable Paul Tonko

U.S. House of Representatives (NY-20)

The Honorable Matt Cartwright

U.S. House of Representatives (PA-8)

The Honorable Grace Meng

U.S. House of Representatives (NY-6)

The Honorable Josh Harder

U.S. House of Representatives (CA-10)

The Honorable Jahana Hayes

U.S. House of Representatives (CT-5)

Panel 2

Ronald Burke

Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Oversight

Veterans Benefits Administration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied By:

Beth Murphy

Executive Director for Compensation Service

Veterans Benefits Administration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Patricia R. Hastings, DO, MPH, FACEP, RN

Chief Consultant for Post Deployment Health Services

Veterans Health Administration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Karl Kelsey, MD, MOH

Professor of Epidemiology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Brown University

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Panel 3

Aleksandr Morosky

Government Affairs Specialist

Wounded Warrior Project

Travis Horr

Director, Government Affairs

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Shane L. Liermann

Deputy National Legislative Director for Benefits

Disabled American Veterans

Kristina Keenan

Associate Director, Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Veterans of Foreign Wars

James L. Price

Veteran

Statements for the Record

American Veterans

Paralyzed Veterans of America

Vietnam Veterans of America

The American Legion

Military Officers Association of America

Minority Veterans of America

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