Testimony

DAV frequently testifies before Congress to advise and advocate changes in law or policy. All DAV testimony is presented below.

2014 Testimony

3Dec

Testimony on Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Program

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado

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19Nov

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation

Statement of Joy J. Ilem

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14Nov

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation

(for the record) – Statement of Joy J. Ilem

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10Sep

Testimony on Board of Veterans’ Appeals Operations

Statement of Joseph A. Violante

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24Jul

Testimony on the VA health care access crisis

Statement of Joseph A. Violante

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05Jun

Testimony on Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Service

Statement of Joy J. Ilem, Institute of Medicine

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29May

Testimony on the Integrated Disability Evaluation System

Statement of Paul R. Varela, House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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15May

Testimony on the State of VA Health Care

Statement of Joseph A. Violante, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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15May

Excerpts by Violante

Excerpts of Statement by Violante at Senate VA Hearing

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30Apr

Testimony on Problems and Solutions to over-medication in the VA

Statement of Joy J. Ilem for the Record, Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee

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27Mar

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation

Statement of Joy J. Ilem before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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26Mar

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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25Mar

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation

Statement of Paul R. Varela before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

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13Mar

Testimony on the FY 2015 Budget

Statement of Paul R. Varela before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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12Mar

Testimony on the FY 2015 Budget

Statement of Paul R. Varela before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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27Feb

Testimony on Maximizing the effectiveness of VR&E Services

Statement of Paul R. Varela before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

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25Feb

Testimony on legislative and policy recommendations of DAV

Statement of Joseph W. Johnston, Before the Committees on Veteran’s Affairs, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives

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05Feb

Testimony on technological advancements within the claims processing system

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall, House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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2013 Testimony

4Dec

Testimony on Claims Jurisdiction

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – For the Record – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Claims Adjudication

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20Nov

Testimony on VA Construction

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – VA Construction

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13Nov

Testimony on Independent Living Program

Statement of Paul R. Varela – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity – Independent Living Program

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30Oct

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Various Pending Legislation

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11Sep

Testimony on the Fully Developed Claims Process (PDF)

Statement of Steven T. Wolf, Assistant National Service Director, before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, on the Fully Developed Claims Process.

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19July

Testimony on Military Sexual Trauma (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health – On behalf of Independent Budget – military sexual trauma

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9July

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health – Various Pending Legislation

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28June

Testimony on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affair (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Various Pending Legislation

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18June

Testimony on Claims Process (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Claims Process

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12June

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Various Pending Legislation (38 bills)

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22May

Testimony on Provisional Rating Initiative (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Provisional Rating Initiative

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21May

Testimony on Health (PDF)

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado – House Veterans’ Subcommittee on Health – Various Pending Legislation

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15May

Testimony on Senate Veterans Affairs (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Various Pending Legislation

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9May

Testimony on Senate Veterans Affairs (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Various Pending Legislation

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16Apr

Testimony on Disability Assistance (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs – Various Pending Legislation

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11Apr

Testimony on VA Budget (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – VA Budget

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20Mar

Testimony on Mental Health (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Mental Health Issues

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13Mar

Testimony on claims processing (PDF)

Statement of Joseph A. Violante – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Veterans Benefits Administration claims processing transformation efforts.

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26Feb

Testimony on Legislative and Policies (PDF)

Statement of Larry A. Polzin – DAV National Commander Before the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives

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13Feb

Testimony on Mental Health (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Mental Health Issues

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2012 Testimony

04Dec

Testimony on transitioning paper records to digital within VA and DOD (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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14Sep

Testimony on VA contract and purchased care programs (PDF)

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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18Jul

Testimony on issues related to military sexual trauma (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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18Jul

Testimony on claims processing reform (PDF)

Statement of Joseph A. Violante — House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations

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27Jun

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem — Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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19Jun

Testimony on status of Veterans Benefits Administration claims processing transformation initiatives (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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06Jun

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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16May

Testimony on Prosthetics Issues (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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08May

Testimony on Mental Health Staffing and Quality Issues (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem — House Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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18Apr

Testimony on Veterans Service Organizations in VA Claims Process (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall (for the record) — House Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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16Apr

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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02Apr

Testimony on FY 2013 Budget for Veterans’ Benefits (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall (for the record) — Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans’ Affairs

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28Mar

Testimony on Implementation of Integrated Disability Evaluation System (PDF)

Statement of John L. Wilson — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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08Mar

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of John L. Wilson — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

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29Feb

Testimony on Fiscal Year 2013 Budget (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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28Feb

Testimony on DAV’s legislative priorities for the year (PDF)

Statement of Donald L. Samuels — Statement of National Commander Donald L. Samuels before a Joint Session of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees

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16Feb

Testimony on Fiscal Year 2013 Budget (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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15Feb

Testimony on Fiscal Year 2013 Budget (PDF)

Statement of Joseph A. Violante — House Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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24Jan

Testimony on VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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2011 Testimony

02Dec

Testimony on Suicide Prevention Efforts in the Department of Veterans Affairs (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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15Nov

Testimony on Savings to be Found Within the Department of Veterans Affairs (PDF)

Statement of Joseph A. Violante — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee

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25Jul

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health — Various Pending Legislation

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20Jul

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

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15Jul

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (PDF)

Statement of John L. Wilson — House Veterans Affairs Committee

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11Jul

Testimony on Proposed interim final rule to implement title I of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (PDF)

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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13Jun

Testimony on Prevention of sexual assaults and other related safety incidents occurring in Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities (PDF)

Statement of Joy J. Ilem — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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08Jun

Testimony on Various Pending Legislation (34 bills) (PDF)

Statement of Joseph A. Violante — Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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13May

Testimony on Federal Recovery Coordinator Program (PDF)

Statement of Adrian M. Atizado — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health

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03May

Testimony on Various pending legislation (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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31Mar

Testimony on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service FY 2012 Budget and Operations. (PDF)

Statement of Statement of John L. Wilson — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

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17Mar

Oversight hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget (PDF)

Statement of Jeffrey C. Hall — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

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11Mar

Testimony on Health concerning the implementation plan of the caregiver assistance program. (PDF)

Statement of Adrian Atizado — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee

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03Mar

Testimony on Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS). (PDF)

Statement of John L. Wilson — House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

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02Mar

Testimony on Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. (PDF)

Statement of Joseph A. Violante — Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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01Mar

Testimony on DAV’s legislative priorities for the year (PDF)

Statement of Wallace E. Tyson — Statement of National Commander Wallace Tyson before a Joint Session of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees

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17Feb

Testimony on Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. (PDF)

Statement of Joseph A. Violante

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2018 Testimony

2017 Testimony

2016 Testimony

2015 Testimony

2014 Testimony

2013 Testimony

2012 Testimony

2011 Testimony