House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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September 30 at 10 a.m.
Full Committee Hearing
“The True Cost of the War”

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Hearings » Eliminating the Gaps: Examining Women Veterans’ Issues

Opening Statements

• Hon. John J. Hall, Chairman, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance Memorial Affairs
• Hon. Doug Lamborn, Ranking Republican Member, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Witness Testimonies

• Panel 1

• Joy J. Ilem, Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans
• Anuradha P. Bhagwati, MPP, Executive Director, Service Women's Action Network
• Dawn Halfaker, Vice President, Board of Directors, Wounded Warrior Project
• First Sergeant Delilah Washburn, USAF (Ret.), President, National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators, Inc., and Houston Regional Director, Texas Veterans Commission
• Kayla M. Williams, MA, Member, Board of Directors, Grace After Fire, Author, Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army



• Panel 2

• Randall B. Williamson, Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Phyllis E. Greenberger, M.S.W, President and Chief Executive Officer, Society for Women’s Health Research
• Janice L. Krupnick, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Director, Trauma and Loss Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, on behalf of Committee on Veterans’ Compensation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, The National Academies



• Panel 3

• Bradley G. Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Accompanied By:
• Patricia M. Hayes, Ph.D., Chief Consultant, Women Veterans Health Strategic Health Group, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Irene Trowell-Harris, RN, Ed.D., Director, Center for Women Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Lawrence Deyton, M.D., MSPH, Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs



• Panel 4

• Submissions for the Record 

• The Honorable Michael H. Michaud, Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, and a Representative in Congress from the State of Maine

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