CIS NO: 92-H761-9 TITLE: Concerns and Opinions of Vietnam Era Veterans. SOURCE: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House DOC TYPE: Hearing COLLATION: iv+167 p. DATE: May 8, 1991 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-1 SUDOC: Y4.V64/3:102-12 ITEM NO: 1027-A; 1027-B MC ENTRY NO: 92-12750 Committee Serial No. 102-12. Hearing before the Subcom on Oversight and Investigations to examine Vietnam-era veterans' problems and related assistance programs. Supplementary material (p. 51-167) includes submitted statements and witnesses' written statements. CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS. HOUSE; VIETNAM WAR; VETERANS BENEFITS AND PENSIONS; VETERANS 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 8, 1991 p. 2-6, 52-68 WITNESSES (and witness notations): BEARD, PATRICK (State Representative, Minnesota) STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Review of problems and issues affecting Vietnam-era veterans (related resolutions, p. 62-67). CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 2 May 8, 1991 p. 6-13, 69-101 WITNESSES (and witness notations): KLING, KITT R. (Co-President, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America) ABUEG, FRANCIS R. (Associate Research Director, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, Palo Alto VA Medical Center) ARMSTEAD, RON E. (Member, Executive Committee, National Black Veterans Braintrust) STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Problems of minority group Vietnam-era veterans, focusing on black Americans; findings and recommendations of National Black Veterans Braintrust report on problems and issues affecting black veterans. CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs DESCRIPTORS: MINORITY GROUPS; BLACK AMERICANS; GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL VETERANS OF AMERICA; NATIONAL BLACK VETERANS BRAINTRUST 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 3 May 8, 1991 p. 14-22 WITNESSES (and witness notations): MUNGIN-CLARK, MARSENA E. (former veterans counselor) HENDRICKSON, SUSAN (nurse; representing National Association of Women Veterans) NEIDEL-GREENLEE, ROSEMARY L. (Vice President) MONAHAN, EVELYN M. (President) STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Problems of and issues affecting women Vietnam-era veterans. CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs DESCRIPTORS: WOMEN; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN VETERANS 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 4 May 8, 1991 p. 23-29, 107-119 WITNESSES (and witness notations): BRADY, MARY E. (Dr.) (representing New England Consortium for Services to Vietnam Veterans and Their Families) SUTTON, PAUL L. (Division of Veterans' Loans, Grants, and Services, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; also representing New Jersey Agent Orange Commission) STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of represented programs for Vietnam-era veterans, focusing on aid to children with birth defects associated with wartime exposure of their fathers to the herbicide Agent Orange. CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs DESCRIPTORS: VETERANS HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; BIRTH DEFECTS; AGENT ORANGE; NEW ENGLAND CONSORTIUM FOR SERVICES TO VIETNAM VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES; NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS; NEW JERSEY AGENT ORANGE COMMISSION 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 5 May 8, 1991 p. 30-37, 120-145 WITNESSES (and witness notations): WASHINGTON, JERRY (Executive Director, Base Camp, Inc., Nashville, Tenn) BOWMAN, JERRY (Vice President, Western New York Veterans' Housing Coalition; on behalf of) RYAN, JOSEPH E. (President) COOPER, RALPH (Executive Director, Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse) QUIGLEY, PATRICK W. (Executive Director, Buffalo and Erie County Private Industry Council) STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Activities and funding needs of programs to aid homeless Vietnam-era veterans; overview of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) employment and job training programs available to Vietnam-era veterans; need and recommendations for increased Federal funding for JTPA programs. CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs DESCRIPTORS: HOMELESSNESS; VETERANS EMPLOYMENT; MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMS; JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT; VETERANS BENEFITS CLEARINGHOUSE 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 6 May 8, 1991 p. 38-42, 146-156 WITNESSES (and witness notations): EECKHOUDT, JOHN (Agent Orange Counselor, Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program of Arkansas) PYE, DAVID F. (Executive Director, North Shore Veterans Counseling Services) STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of community- and State-based programs to address problems of Vietnam-era veterans. CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs DESCRIPTORS: VIETNAM VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF ARKANSAS 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 7 May 8, 1991 p. 43-49, 157-163 WITNESSES (and witness notations): RICHARDSON, EDWIN STRONG LEGS (Psychologist, Abenaki Confederacy) LECLAIRE, THOMAS L. (attorney) STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Description of special needs of Indian veterans. CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs DESCRIPTORS: INDIANS