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Andrew P. Hunter: “I just want to mention that in 2005, and working with Mr. Buyer and working with Mr. Skelton and other Members of the…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2007
I just want to mention that in 2005, and working with Mr. Buyer and working with Mr. Skelton and other Members of the Armed Services Committee and Veterans' Affairs Committee, we put together this Disability Claims Commission with an eye toward trying to make the evaluations that are arrived at in DOD and the VA system consistent. In this bill that we are passing today, we are directing DOD and VA to go back and, as this commission meets and continues to work, to focus on their work product and what they are doing; and, hopefully, we can have some value added as a result of their focusing on the commission that currently is in place.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Discussing the establishment of the Disability Claims Commission and its goals during a floor speech.

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