Hearing: "Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1199, H.R. 1200, H.R. 1126, H.R. 1628, H.R. 1826, a draft bill to permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program, and a draft update of H.R. 299”

Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (Committee on Veterans' Affairs)

Panel one

The Honorable Julia Brownley
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable Conor Lamb
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Mr. Chanin Nuntavong
Assistant National Legislative Director, The American Legion

The Honorable David P. Roe
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable W. Gregory Steube
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable Mark Takano
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Panel two

Mr. Derrick Curtis
Director, Software Testing & 508, Enterprise Portfolio Management Division, Office of Information Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs, on behalf of Mr. Matthew Sullivan

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Mr. Kevin Friel
Deputy Director for Pension and Fiduciary, Veterans Benefits Administration, on behalf of Mr. Matthew Sullivan

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Dr. Patricia Hastings
Deputy Chief Consultant, PDHS, Veterans Health Administration, on behalf of Mr. Matthew Sullivan

Mr. Matthew Sullivan
Deputy Under Secretary for Finance and Planning, National Cemetery Administration

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Panel three

Ms. Melanie Brunson
Government Relations Officer, Blinded Veterans Association

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Ms. Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside

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Major General Karl R. Horst (Ret.)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation

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Panel four

Dr. David A. Butler
Director, Office of Military and Veterans Health Health and Medicine Division, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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Mr. Carlos Fuentes
Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars

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Dr. Ourania Kosti
Senior Program Officer, Principal Investigator, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, on behalf of Dr. David Butler

Mr. Rick Weidman
Executive Director, Policy and Government Affairs, Vietnam Veterans of America

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