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DEMOCRATIC PRESS RELEASE

May 18, 2007

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Holds VA Disability Claims Roundtable: Looking for a Solution

Washington, D.C. – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner, along with members of the Committee, will hold a VA Disability Claims Roundtable to discuss various ideas to reduce the claims backlog and improve the current process. The roundtable will provide interested stakeholders an opportunity to present new and unique ways of addressing the claims backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

WHAT: VA Disability Claims Roundtable: Looking for a Solution

WHEN: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
10 a.m.

WHO: The Honorable Daniel L. Cooper, VADM (Ret.), Under Secretary for Benefits, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs

Ronald R. Aument, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Dan Bertoni, Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Sidath Panangala, Analyst in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division, Congressional Research Service

Christine Scott, Specialist in Tax Economics, Congressional Research Service

Douglas Weimer, Legislative Attorney, Congressional Research Service

Marilyn Park, Legislative Representative, Legislation and Political Action Department American Federation of Government Employees

Christine Cote, Staff Attorney, National Veterans Legal Services Program

Margaret Bartley, Senior Staff Attorney, National Veterans Legal Services Program

Sergeant Todd Bowers, Director of Government Affairs, Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America

Doug LeValley, Co-Chairman of the Washington Liaison, National Association of County Veterans Service Officers

Doug Vollmer, Executive Director for Government Relations, Paralyzed Veterans of America

Linda Bilmes, Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Thomas Reed, Professor of Law, University of Widener, Veterans Assistance Program

Rick Weidman, Executive Director of Government Affairs, Vietnam Veterans of America

Members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

WHERE: 334 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC

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Larry Scott

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