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LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
JOINT HEARING
OF THE
 
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
BEFORE THE
 
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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U.S. SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012
Serial No. 112–79
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
JEFF MILLER, Florida,
Chairman
CLIFF STEARNS, Florida DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee MARLIN A. STUTZMAN, Indiana BILL FLORES, Texas BILL JOHNSON, Ohio JEFF DENHAM, California JON RUNYAN, New Jersey DAN BENISHEK, Michigan  ANN MARIE BUERKLE, New York TIM HUELSKAMP, Kansas MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada ROBERT L. TURNER, New York BOB FILNER, California,
 Ranking
CORRINE BROWN, Florida SILVESTRE REYES, Texas MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine LINDA T. SA ´NCHEZ, California BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa JERRY McNERNEY, California JOE DONNELLY, Indiana TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota JOHN BARROW, Georgia RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri H
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Staff Director and Chief Counsel
U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
PATTY MURRAY, Washington,
Chairman
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii BERNARD SANDERS, (I) Vermont SHERROD BROWN, Ohio JIM WEBB, Virginia JON TESTER, Montana MARK BEGICH, Alaska RICHARD BURR, North Carolina,
 Ranking
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi MIKE JOHANNS, Nebraska SCOTT P. BROWN, Massachusetts JERRY MORAN, Kansas JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
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Pursuant to clause 2(e)(4) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House, public hearing records of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs are also published in electronic form.
The printed hearing record remains the official version.
Because electronic submissions are used to prepare both printed and electronic versions of the hearing record, the process of converting between various electronic formats may introduce unintentional errors or omissions. Such occur-rences are inherent in the current publication process and should diminish as the process is further refined.
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C O N T E N T S
October 3, 2012
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Legislative Presentation of The American Legion ................................................1 OPENING STATEMENTS Chairman Jeff Miller, U.S. House of Representatives ..........................................1 Prepared Statement of Chairman Miller ........................................................30 Hon. Michael Michaud, U.S. House of Representatives .......................................2 Prepared Statement of Hon. Michaud ............................................................32 Senator Richard Lugar, U.S. Senate ......................................................................3 Senator Mark Begich, U.S. Senate .........................................................................10 Senator John Boozman, U.S. Senate ......................................................................11 Prepared Statement of Senator Boozman ......................................................33 WITNESSES James E. Koutz, National Commander, The American Legion ...........................4 Prepared Statement of Mr. Koutz ...................................................................34  Accompanied by:  Verna Jones, Director, National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission Michael Helm, Chairman, National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission Peter Gaytan, Executive Director, The American Legion Kenneth Governor, Chairman, National Legislative Commission
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