Subcommittee on Health Legislative Hearing
Date:
Location: Fully Virtual
Presiding: Chair Julia Brownley
On 7/14, the Health Subcommittee will have a legislative hearing entitled “Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 913, Build a Better VA Act; H.R. 2587, SERVE Act; H.R. 2775, VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act; H.R. 2797, National Green Alert Act of 2021; H.R. 3027, Veterans Improved Access to Care Act of 2021; H.R. 3452, Veterans Preventative Health Coverage Fairness Act; H.R. 3674, Vet Center Support Act; H.R. 3693, VA CPE Modernization Act; H.R. 4233, Student Veterans Counseling Centers Eligibility Act; VA Infrastructure Powers Exceptional Research Act or “VIPER Act” (discussion draft); legislation to clarify and improve the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (discussion draft); legislation to require an independent assessment of health care delivery systems and management processes of the Department of Veterans Affairs be conducted once every 10 years (discussion draft).”
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 Mark Takano
U.S. House of Representatives
41st District; California
The Honorable Chris Pappas
U.S. House of Representatives
1st District; New Hampshire
The Honorable Conor Lamb
U.S. House of Representatives
17th District; Pennsylvania
The Honorable Jason Crow
U.S. House of Representatives
6th District; Colorado
The Honorable Lauren Underwood
U.S. House of Representatives
14th District; Illinois
The Honorable Greg Murphy
U.S. House of Representatives
3rd District; North Carolina
Panel 2
Mr. David Perry
Chief Officer, Workforce Management and Consulting
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Accompanied by:
Mr. Mike Fisher, MSW
Chief Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Panel 3
Mr. Marquis Barefield
Assistant National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
Mr. Andy Blevins
Operations & Policy Director
Minority Veterans of America (MVA)
Ms. Tammy Barlet
Deputy Director, National Legislative Service
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Statements for the Record
The Honorable Ruben Gallego
U.S. House of Representatives
7th District, Arizona
The Honorable Dean Phillips
U.S. House of Representatives
3rd District, Minnesota
The Independence Fund
Wounded Warrior Project
Student Veterans of America
Paralyzed Veterans of America
American Federation of Government Employees
Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs