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DEMOCRATIC PRESS RELEASE

Wednesday January 31, 2007

Veterans’ Committee Holds Organizational Meeting

Chairman Filner Announces Assignments For Democratic Members On Committee

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, announced during the Committee’s organizational meeting the roster of the Democratic members serving on the Committee. He also announced the Members selected to lead the panel’s respective subcommittees.

Chairman Filner led the Committee in its first business meeting of the 110th Congress as it ratified the full panel’s membership, staff, and Committee rules. The Committee also adopted an oversight plan for the 110th Congress, outlining areas of interest or concern with respect to veterans’ services and benefits.

The following Democratic members have been selected to chair subcommittees during the 110th Congress:

Cong. Michael Michaud (ME) – Chairman of the Health Subcommittee;

Cong. Stephanie Herseth (SD) – Chairwoman of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee;

Cong. Harry E. Mitchell (AZ) – Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee;

Cong. John J. Hall (NY) – Chairman of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee.

In addition, the following Democratic members will also serve on the Committee during the 110th Congress:

Corrine Brown (FL); Vic Snyder (AR); Phil Hare (IL); Michael F. Doyle (PA); Shelley Berkley (NV); John T. Salazar (CO); Ciro Rodriguez (TX); Joe Donnelly (IN); Jerry McNerney (CA); Zack Space (OH); and Timothy J. Walz (MN).

“The Members serving on this panel are talented, bright and hardworking individuals. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to provide our veterans and military families the services and benefits they have earned and deserve,” said Filner.

“I am honored to be the Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and I am excited that we have held our first committee meeting and we are ready to get down to business,” Filner continued. “Now that we are formally organized and reconstituted, I plan an aggressive agenda, beginning with preparing for the President’s budget submission for fiscal year 2008.”

The Committee will meet on Thursday, February 8th, 2007, to examine the FY 2008 budget request for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

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Larry Scott

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