April 11, 2013
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans' Affairs Committee – VA Budget (PDF)
March 20, 2013
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Mental Health Issues (PDF)
March 13, 2013
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Veterans Benefits Administration claims processing transformation efforts (PDF)
February 26, 2013
Statement of Larry A. Polzin – DAV National Commander Before the Committees on Veterans' Affairs U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives (PDF)
February 13, 2013
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Mental Health Issues (PDF)
December 4 , 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Transitioning paper records to digital within VA and DOD (PDF)
September 14, 2012
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health – VA contract and purchased care programs (PDF)
July 18, 2012
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – issues related to military sexual trauma (PDF)
July 18, 2012
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations – claims processing reform (PDF)
June 27, 2012
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
June 19, 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Status of Veterans Benefits Administration claims processing transformation initiatives (PDF)
June 6, 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
May 16, 2012
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health – Prosthetics Issues (PDF)
May 8, 2012
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Mental Health Staffing and Quality Issues (PDF)
April 18, 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall (for the record) – House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Veterans Service Organizations in VA Claims Process (PDF)
April 16, 2012
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health – Various Pending Legislation. (PDF)
April 2, 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall (for the record) – Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans’ Affairs – FY 2013 Budget for Veterans’ Benefits (PDF)
March 28, 2012
Statement of John L. Wilson – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Implementation of Integrated Disability Evaluation System (PDF)
March 8, 2012
Statement of John L. Wilson – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity – Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
February 29, 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Fiscal Year 2013 Budget (PDF)
February 28, 2012
Statement of Donald L. Samuels – Statement of National Commander Donald L. Samuels before a Joint Session of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees, to present DAV’s legislative priorities for the year (PDF)
February 16, 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Fiscal Year 2013 Budget (PDF)
February 15, 2012
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Fiscal Year 2013 Budget (PDF)
January 24, 2012
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (PDF)
December 2, 2011
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health - Suicide Prevention Efforts in the Department of Veterans Affairs (PDF)
November 15, 2011
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee - Savings to be Found Within the Department of Veterans Affairs (PDF)
July 25, 2011
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health - Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
July 20, 2011
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
July 15, 2011
Statement of John L. Wilson – House Veterans Affairs Committee - Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
July 11, 2011
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health - Proposed interim final rule to implement title I of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (PDF)
June 13, 2011
Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health - Prevention of sexual assaults and other related safety incidents occurring in Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities (PDF)
June 8, 2011
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - Various Pending Legislation (34 bills) (PDF)
May 13, 2011
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee
on Health - Federal Recovery Coordinator Program (PDF)
May 3, 2011
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs - Various pending legislation (PDF)
March 31, 2011
Statement of John L. Wilson – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic
Opportunity - Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service FY 2012 Budget and
Operations. (PDF)
March 17, 2011
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs - Oversight hearing on the President's
Fiscal Year 2012 budget for Veterans Benefits Administration, the National Cemetery
Administration, the American Battle Monuments Commission, and the Court of Appeals
for Veterans Claims. (PDF)
March 11, 2011
Statement of Adrian Atizado – Before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
on Health concerning the implementation plan of the caregiver assistance program.
(PDF)
March 3, 2011
Statement of John L. Wilson – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic
Opportunity – Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS).
(PDF)
March 2, 2011
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee –
Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. (PDF)
March 1, 2011
Statement of Wallace E. Tyson – Statement of National Commander Wallace
Tyson before a Joint Session of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees,
to present DAV’s legislative priorities for the year. (PDF)
February 17, 2011
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. (PDF)
September 30, 2010
Statement of Joseph A. Violante – House Veterans' Affairs Committee – True
Cost of War. (PDF)
September 29, 2010
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado - House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on
Health – Various Pending Legislation. (PDF)
September 16, 2010
Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall - House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Effectiveness of VA training program
for VBA employees who process disability claims. (PDF)
September 16, 2010
Statement for the record of John L. Wilson before the House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on the Post 9/11 GI Bill (PDF)
July 29, 2010
Statement for the record of John L. Wilson - Employment issues facing disabled
veterans (PDF)
July 22, 2010
Statement of Joy J. Ilem - House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health
– "Healing the Physical Injuries of War.” (PDF)
July 14, 2010
Statement of Joseph A. Violante - Independent Budget – Views on
improving claims processing (PDF)
July 1, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson - Various pending legislation being considered
by the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial
Affairs (PDF)
June 16, 2010
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado - Health Care Needs of Rural Veterans (PDF)
June 15, 2010
Statement of Joseph A. Violante - State of the Veterans Benefits Administration
(PDF)
May 27, 2010
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado (for the record) - DAV Views on Various
Pending Legislation (PDF)
May 20, 2010
Statement of Joy J. Ilem - Joint Hearing of House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittees
on Health and Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – DAV views on Military
Sexual Trauma issues (PDF)
May 19, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson (for the record) before the Senate Veterans' Affairs
Committee - DAV views on various pending legislation (PDF)
May 6, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson - Veterans Benefits Administration work credit
and work management programs (PDF)
April 10, 2010
Statement of Robert DiGirolamo - Field Hearing – Native American Veterans’
Housing (PDF)
March 25, 2010
Statement of Joy J. Ilem- Various pending legislation being considered
by the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health (PDF)
March 24, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson- Hearing on the Veterans Benefits Administration
Quick Start Program (PDF)
March 23, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson- DAV summarizes its recommendations for the
fiscal year (FY) 2011 Independent Budget (PDF)
March 3, 2010
Statement of Adrian Atizado- DAV views on H.R. 4241, a bill that would
amend chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, to allow for increased flexibility
in payments for State veterans homes (PDF)
March 2, 2010
Statement of Roberto Barrera- Statement of National Commander Roberto Barrera
before a Joint Session of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees, to
present DAV’s legislative priorities for the year (PDF)
February 26, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson- DAV discusses the variety of Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits programs available to veterans (PDF)
February 24, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson- DAV addresses the Department of Veteran Affairs
(VA) Benefits Delivery at Discharge and Quick Start Programs (PDF)
February 4, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson- Summary of DAV’s recommendations for fiscal
year (FY) 2011 (PDF)
February 3, 2010
Statement of John L. Wilson- DAV addresses the “Implementation and Status
Update on the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act (P.L. 110-389).” (PDF)
February 3, 2010
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado- DAV views on Project HERO, before the House
Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health (PDF)
November 19, 2009
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado - DAV presents it’s views on the VA’s Health
Care Effectiveness through Resource Optimization ( HERO) project before the Senate
Committee on Veterans Affairs (PDF)
November 19, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - DAV’s views on the Department of Veterans
Affairs Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant Program, the Special Housing Adaption
Grant Program (SHA), and the Temporary Residence Assistance (TRA) Grant Program
(PDF)
November 15, 2009
John L. Wilson - Post-Hearing Questions(For the Record) from House Subcommittee
on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs’ oversight hearing on “Honoring The
Fallen: How Can We Better Serve America’s Veteran’s and Their Families?” held on
September 24, 2009 (PDF)
November 9, 2009
John L. Wilson - Post-Hearing Questions (For the Record) from the House
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Legislative Hearing. September 24, 2009 (PDF)
November 4, 2009
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado - DAV addresses Gulf War Illness before
the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation (PDF)
October 21, 2009
Statement (for the Record) of Joy I. Ilem - DAV’s views on S.977, S. 1118,
S. 1155, S. 1204, S. 1237, S. 1310, S. 1427, S. 1429, S. 1444, S. 1547, S. 1518,
S. 1607, before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (PDF)
October 15, 2009
Statement of Adrian Atizado - DAV’s views on inappropriate billing practices
by the Department of Veterans Affairs before the House Subcommittee on Health (PDF)
October 8, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - DAV’s views on various bills: H.R. 761, H.R.
2243, H.R. 3485, H.R. 3544 (PDF)
October 1, 2009
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado - DAV's views on various bills: H.R. 1017,
H.R. 1036, H.R. 2504, H.R. 2559, H.R. 2735, H.R. 3073, H.R. 3441, two draft bills
(PDF)
September 24, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - DAV’s views on various bills: H.R. 294, H.R.
1169, H.R. 1182, H.R. 2416, H.R. 2461, H.R. 2614, H.R. 2696, H.R. 2874, H.R. 2928,
H.R. 3223, H.R. 3554, H.R. 3561, H.R. 3577 (PDF)
September 24, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - DAV’s views on the current Department of
Veterans Affairs Burial Benefits Program, its national cemetery policy, and the
way that VA and the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) can better serve
veterans and their survivors (PDF)
September 17, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory
Committee on Disability Compensation - Necessity and methodology of updating the
VA’s Schedule of Rating Disabilities or VASRD (PDF)
July 29, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - Address problems and suggest solutions to
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Disability claims process (PDF)
July 29, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Claims
Backlog (PDF)
July 29, 2009
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado - House Veterans' Affairs Committee – US
Paralympic Games (PDF)
July 14, 2009
Statement of Joy J. Ilem - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Women Veterans
(PDF)
June 18, 2009
Statement of Joy J. Ilem - House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health
– Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
June 18, 2009
Statement of Kerry L. Baker - House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability
Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Suggesting Solutions to Claims Processing Problems
and Delays (PDF)
June 10, 2009
Statement of Joy J. Ilem - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – CARES Infrastructure
(PDF)
June 9, 2009
Statement of Joy J. Ilem - House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health
- CARES Infrastructure (PDF)
June 4, 2009
Statement of Adrian M. Atizado - House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on
Health - Meeting the Needs of Caregivers (PDF)
May 21, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - DAV’s views on various bills: H.R. 1037,
HR 1098, HR 1168, HR 1172, HR 1821, HR 1879, HR 2180 (PDF)
May 21, 2009
Statement of John L. Wilson - House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic
Opportunity - Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
May 14, 2009
Statement of Kerry Baker - House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability
Assistance and Memorial Affairs – address problems and suggest solutions to the
appeals process (PDF)
April 30, 2009
Statement of Adrian Atizado - House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health
– Progress by VA and VHA on meeting critical mental health needs of veterans (PDF)
April 29, 2009
Statement of Joseph A. Violante - House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Sufficient,
timely and predictable funding for VA health care (PDF)
April 23, 2009
Statement of Kerry Baker - House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies – Independent Budget
Veterans Benefits Administration (PDF)
April 23, 2009
Statement of John Wilson - House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability
Assistance and Memorial Affairs – H.R. 952, the Combat PTSD Act (PDF)
April 22, 2009
Statement of Adrian Atizado - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Various
Pending Legislation (PDF)
March 19, 2009
Statement of Joy J. Ilem - House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Rural Health
Care (PDF)
March 10, 2009
Testimony of Kerry L. Baker - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee – Independent
Budget Veterans Benefits Administration (PDF)
March 10, 2009
Testimony of Kerry L. Baker - House Veterans' Affairs Committee – Independent
Budget Veterans Benefits Administration (PDF)
March 4, 2009
Testimony of John L. Wilson - House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic
Opportunity – Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
March 3, 2009
Testimony of Joy J. Ilem - House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health
– Various Pending Legislation (PDF)
February 24, 2009
Testimony of Raymond E. Dempsey - Joint Hearing of House and Senate Veterans’
Affairs Committees (PDF)
February 3, 2009
Testimony of Kerry L. Baker - Suggested improvements in claims and appeals
process (PDF)
January 28, 2009
Testimony of Adrian M. Atizado - Legislative Priorities of the Disabled
American Veterans (PDF)
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