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chairwoman berkel, ranking member, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for allowing paralyzed veterans of america to testify today concerning prosthetic services of the department of veterans affairs. ensuring that our nation's injured veteran population is able to receive state of the art prosthetic devices in a timely manner is an extremely important issue for pva. pva has more than 19,000 members who all utilize va prosthetic services on a regular basis. in recent months the va office at the inspector general released numerous reports on va prosthetics and sensory aids, inventory management, acquisition of prosthetic limbs and prosthetic limb care. pva believes that the audits and investigations have identified many areas in need of improvement within psas and pva generally supports the oig recommendations. these recommendations provide not only an opportunity to improve upon prosthetic services for veterans for amputations but for all veterans who utilize va prosthetic services. the oig's key evaluations and assessments are taking place at a key turning point. the organization is undergoing a

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heather ansley, paralyz paralyzed veterans of america and there are copies of the statements on the table outside the hearing room. are there objections? is at this time we would like the first panel to take their seats. our first panel consists of mr. joe wynn, mr. tom tarantino and michael dackduct from the student veterans of america. since we have many witnesses today, i would remind each of you to limit your oral statement to the time alotted so that the committee would have time for questions. mr. wynn you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. fellow veterans and guests, let me thank you for the opportunity to come before you on behalf of the veterans organizationed that i represent. this order is a generous step towards offering for profit colleges and institutions that receive federal funding an opportunity to improve performance before laws are passed. though my time served is long gone i still have vivid memories of the meilitary efxperience. my experience serves as an example of what many are going through now. students at for-profit colleges have lower gr

patrick be bellan from vets with common sense, and paralyzed veterans of america and the military officers association into the record. there are tables outside of the hearing room if there are objections. hear n hearing no objections, we will continue. our first panel consist of mr. joe winn, mr. ryan galucci from the veteran of foreign wars and also a michael dakdut. as the panelists take your seats, i would ask you to limit your oral statements to the five minutes allotted so that the panel has sufficient time for questions. let's begin with mr. winn. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman stutzman and ranking member brayley, and fellow veterans and guests. let me first thank you for the opportunities to come before you on behalf of the veterans organizations they represent to share our views on the president's recent executive order 13607. this order is a generous step towards offering for-profit colleges and institutions that receive g.i. bill funding for students and veterans an opportunity to improve their r performance before laws are passed tha

paralyzed veterans of america and the military officers association into the record. there are copies of the statements on the tables outside the hearing room. are there any objections? hearing no objections, so ordered. our first panel consists of mr. joe winn of veterans of america. mr. ryan galucci from the veteran of foreign wars and also veterans of america. and michael dukdut from the student veterans of america. if the first panel would take their seats, since we have many witnesses today, i remind each of you to limit your oral statement to the five minutes that is allotted so that the subcommittee will have sufficient time for questions. let's begin with mr. winn. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman stutzman, ranking member braley, and fellow veterans and guests. let me first thank you for the opportunity to come before you on behalf of the veterans

monday, june 26, two days ago, the national veteran wheelchair game sponsored by department of veteran affairs and paralyzed met vans of americaning ceremonies. i think this is fantastic. there is a lot of people supporting them. including greg, i'm going to say that you will donate in your name to them this afternoon. be expecting that. >> greg: i will. dabs it's great. don't you love that? >> greg: yeah. >> dana: a lot of chutzpah. energy. love it. >> greg: good for you. >> dana: there are other people. >> greg: nobe, i just want you to ramble. eric? >> eric: greg, you may have known or not known tropical storm debbie downgraded to tropical depression. look at steve harrigan today. what a trooper. steve in waist-deep water. >> dana: how does he do that with the microphone on? >> andrea: does he have rubber pants on? >> bob: who is the guy with the long hair. >> dana: phil keating. he is a great reporter. >> andrea: rubber pants. >> dana: i don't think i would do that. i like the comfort of the studio. >> greg: what is he doing anywhere. >> andrea: maybe he is not wearing pants. >> bob: maybe he is relieving himself. >> andre

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