Congressional Testimony
DAV frequently testifies before Congress to advise and advocate changes in law or policy. All DAV testimony is presented below.
2022 Testimony
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07DEC
Statement for the Record – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – PACT Act Implementation
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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29SEP
Statement for the Record – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on mental health and suicide prevention
Statement of Marquis D. Barefield
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21SEP
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee: Health Care Wait Times.
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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15SEP
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15SEP
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13JUL
Statement for the Record – Legislative Hearing.
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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22JUN
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health – Legislative Hearing.
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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15JUN
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14JUN
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28APR
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27APR
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29MAR
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Honoring our PACT Act.
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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29MAR
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23MAR
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – VA Caregiver Programs.
Statement of Jim Marszalek
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16MAR
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health.
Statement of Anthony Lewis
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16MAR
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01MAR
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08FEB
2021 Testimony
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17NOV
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17NOV
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Jeremy M. Villanueva
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20OCT
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Marquis D. Barefield
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20OCT
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Jeremy M. Villanueva
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13OCT
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Marquis D. Barefield
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22SEP
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Marquis D. Barefield
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21SEP
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Anthony Lewis
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14JUL
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Marquis D. Barefield
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13JUL
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23JUN
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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16JUN
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Joint Independent Budget FY 2022 Budget Testimony
Statement of Shane Liermann
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09JUN
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Joint Independent Budget Testimony on Infrastructure
Statement on SVAC Joint IB on Infrastructure
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08JUN
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Joint Independent Budget Testimony
Statement of Shane Liermann
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27MAY
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Joint Independent Budget Testimony on Infrastructure
Statement of Joy Ilem
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26MAY
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity – “Veteran Employment Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Statement of Jeremy M. Villanueva
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12MAY
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12MAY
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05MAY
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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28APR
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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15APR
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health – Legislative Hearing
Statement of Marquis D. Barefield
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24MAR
Statement for the Record – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – “COVID and Mental Health in VA.”
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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23MAR
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18MAR
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10MAR
Testimony before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – “Military Toxic Exposures: The Human Consequences of War.”
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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03MAR
2020 Testimony
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09DEC
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09DEC
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08DEC
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02DEC
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee concerning VA health care eligibility
Statement of Marquis Barefield
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21OCT
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30SEP
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, “Mission Critical: Assessing Community Care Wait Times.”
Joint Statement of the Co-Authors of the Independent Budget
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23SEP
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10SEP
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23JULY
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22JULY
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16JULY
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01JULY
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23JUNE
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11JUNE
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03JUNE
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19MAY
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10MAR
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03MAR
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27FEB
Testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee concerning the President’s fiscal year 2021 funding request for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Joint Statement of the Co-Authors of The Independent Budget
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25FEB
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05FEB
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05FEB
2019 Testimony
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20NOV
Testimony before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – two suicide prevention bills
Statement of Adrian Atizado
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30OCT
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22OCT
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Statement of Shane Liermann
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25SEP
Testimony of Adrian Atizado – For the Record – HVAC Subcommittee on Health – MISSION Act Community Care
Statement of Adrian Atizado
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25SEP
Testimony of Shane Liermann – SVAC – Future of Presumptive Decision Making for Blue Water Navy Veterans
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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19SEP
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19SEP
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11SEP
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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10JULY
Testimony for the Record – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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20JUNE
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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20JUNE
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives
Statement of Adrian Atizado
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22MAY
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate
Statement of Adrian Atizado
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15MAY
Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health
Statement of Co-Authors of The Independent Budget
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02MAY
Testimony of Joy J. Ilem – Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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01MAY
Testimony of Shane L. Liermann – Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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30APR
Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Statement of Co-Authors of The Independent Budget
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30APR
Testimony before Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
Statement of Co-Authors of The Independent Budget
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30APR
Testimony of Joy J. Ilem – Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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29APR
Testimony of Joy J. Ilem – Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Statement of Joy J. Ilem
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10APR
Testimony of Adrian Atizado – Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Statement of Adrian Atizado
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09APR
Testimony for the record of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity of the Committee on Veteran’s Affairs
Statement of Jeremy M. Villanueva
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03APR
Testimony before Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and House of Representatives
Statement of The Independent Budget
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02APR
Testimony before Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
Statement of The Independent Budget
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26MAR
Testimony before the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs U.S. Senate
Statement of The Independent Budget
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26FEB
Testimony before the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
Statement of Dennis R. Nixon
2018 Testimony
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27SEP
Statement for the Record – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Suicide prevention
Statement of Shurhonda Y. Love
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05SEP
Testimony before House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Various Pending Legislation
Statement of Jeremy M. Villanueva
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13JUNE
Testimony before Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Statement of Jeremy M. Villanueva
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17MAY
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17APR
Testimony of Adrian Atizado – Various Pending Legislation – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health
Statement of Adrian Atizado
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15MAR
Testimony of Shane L. Liermann, DAV Assistant National Legislative Director – on Economic Opprotunity
Statement of Shane L. Liermann
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15MAR
Joint Statement of the Co-Authors of The Independent Budget
Statement of Co-Authors
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27FEB
Testimony of Delphine Metcalf-Foster, DAV National Commander – Committees on Veterans’ Affairs U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
Statement of Delphine Metcalf-Foster
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06FEB
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30JAN
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18JAN