Toxic Exposures: Examining Airborne Hazards in the Southwest Asia Theater of Military Operations
Date:
Presiding: Chair Elaine Luria
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs will meet in an open session to conduct an oversight hearing entitled: “Toxic Exposures: Examining Airborne Hazards in the Southwest Asia Theater of Military Operations.”
This hearing will be livestreamed on Youtube and Facebook.
Witness List:
Panel 1
Ms. Laurine Carson
Deputy Executive Director, Policy & Procedures
Compensation Service
Veterans Benefits Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
Accompanied by:
Dr. Patricia Hastings
Deputy Chief Consultant, Post-Deployment Health Services
Office of Patient Care Services/Public Health
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Michael J. Falvo
Scientific Director, Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence
War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Sverre Vedal
Professor Emeritus
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Washington
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Accompanied by:
Dr. David A. Butler
Scholar and Study Director
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Panel 2
Mr. Shane Liermann
Deputy National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans
Mr. Caleb R. Stone, Esq.
Professor of the Practice and Co-Director
The Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic
William & Mary Law School
Statements for the Record
Department of Defense