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                  MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
                    AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS  
                                 FOR 2021
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                                 HEARINGS

                                 BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

                              SECOND SESSION

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             SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
                           AND RELATED AGENCIES

               DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida Chairwoman

  SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia	JOHN R. CARTER, Texas	
  ED CASE, Hawaii			MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
  TIM RYAN, Ohio			JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida
  CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine		WILL HURD, TEXAS
  MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania
  CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois

NOTE: Under committee rules, Mrs. Lowey, as chairwoman of the full 
committee, and Ms. Granger, as ranking minority member of the full 
committee, are authorized to sit as members of all subcommittees.

              Lisa Molyneux, Sarah Young, Jennifer Hollorah,
                    Nicole Cohen, and Keihysha Cenord
                            Subcommittee Staff

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                                  PART 4

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  Oversight of VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization Implementation.....
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  Military Privatized Housing...........
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  Department of Veterans Affairs........
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  Members' Day..........................
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                                                                    249
                                        
  Testimony of Interested Individuals 
and Organizations.......................
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                                                                    265
                                        
  Impact of PFAS Exposure on 
Servicemembers..........................
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                                                                    271
                                        
  Department of Veterans Affairs 
Response to Covid-19....................
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                  NITA M. LOWEY, New York, Chairwoman

MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   KAY GRANGER, Texas
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    KEN CALVERT, California
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      TOM COLE, Oklahoma
BARBARA LEE, California              MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            TOM GRAVES, Georgia
TIM RYAN, Ohio                       STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland  JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida    CHUCK FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas                 JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine               DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois               ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
DEREK KILMER, Washington             MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania        MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada
GRACE MENG, New York                 CHRIS STEWART, Utah
MARK POCAN, Wisconsin                STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts    DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
PETE AGUILAR, California             JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
LOIS FRANKEL, Florida                JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida
CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois               WILL HURD, Texas
BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN, New Jersey
BRENDA L. LAWRENCE, Michigan
NORMA J. TORRES, California
CHARLIE CRIST, Florida
ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona
ED CASE, Hawaii

                Shalanda Young, Clerk and Staff Director
                            
                            C O N T E N T S

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OVERSIGHT OF VA'S ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION IMPLEMENTATION

Glynn, Melissa, opening statement................................     4

                      MILITARY PRIVATIZED HOUSING

Burleson, Heath, opening statement...............................    79
    Prepared statement...........................................    81
Ehle, John, opening statement....................................    97
    Prepared statement...........................................    98
Field, Elizabeth A, opening statement............................   136
    Prepared statement...........................................   138
Gerber, Col. Scott, opening statement............................    31
    Prepared statement...........................................    34
Gherdovich, Linne, opening statement.............................    45
    Prepared statement...........................................    47
Guild, Jeff, opening statement...................................    91
    Prepared statement, opening statement........................    92
Hickey, Denis, opening statement.................................    69
    Prepared statement...........................................    71
Potochney, Pete, opening statement...............................   159
    Prepared statement...........................................   161
Taylor, Rick, opening statement..................................    60
    Prepared statement...........................................    62

                           Submitted Material

Beehler, Hon. Alex A., Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
  Installations, Energy and Environment, submitted statement.....   183
Henderson, Hon. John, Assistant Secretary of the air Force, 
  Installations, Environment and Energy, submitted statement.....   187
Niemeyer, Hon. Lucian, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 
  Energy, Installation, and Environment, submitted statement.....   198

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Wilkie, Hon. Robert, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
  opening statement..............................................   214

                              MEMBERS' DAY

Cisneros, Hon. Gilbert Ray, a Representative in Congress from the 
  State of California............................................   249
Craig, Hon. Angie, a Representative in Congress from the State of 
  Minnesota......................................................   262
Golden, Hon. Jared F., a Representative in Congress from the 
  State of Maine.................................................   251
Gonzalez-Colon, Hon. Jenniffer, a Delegate in Congress from the 
  Territory of Puerto Rico.......................................   259
Hudson, Hon. Richard, a Representative in Congress from the State 
  of North Carolina..............................................   253
Johnson, Hon. Mike, a Representative in Congress from the State 
  of Louisiana...................................................   256

         TESTIMONY OF INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Atizado, Adrian, deputy national legislative director, Disabled 
  American Veterans..............................................   266

               IMPACT OF PSAS EXPOSURE ON SERVICEMEMBERS

Faber, Scott, opening statement..................................   279
    Prepared statement...........................................   281
Holmes, Jim, opening statement...................................   273
    Prepared statement...........................................   276
Sullivan, Maureen, opening statement.............................   302
    Prepared statement...........................................   304

          DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Wilkie, Hon. Robert, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
  opening statement..............................................   324
  
  
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