Hearings

Putting Veterans First: Is the Current VA Disability System Keeping Its Promise?

October 29, 2025 04:00 PM Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G50

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Agenda

                                     WITNESS LIST

The Honorable Cheryl Mason, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Jeremy Villanueva, Associate Legislative Director Paralyzed Veterans of America

Jon Retzer, Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans

Ryan Gallucci, Executive Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Daniel M. Gade, PhD, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)

Elizabeth Curda, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Government Accountability Office

Testimony

  • The Honorable Cheryl Mason

    Inspector General
    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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  • Jeremy Villanueva

    Associate Legislative Director
    Paralyzed Veterans of America
    Download File (244.18 KB)

  • Jon Retzer

    Deputy National Legislative Director
    Disabled American Veterans
    Download File (264.70 KB)

  • Ryan Gallucci

    Executive Director
    Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
    Download File (253.10 KB)

  • Daniel M. Gade, PhD

    Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)
    Download File (189.17 KB)
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  • Elizabeth Curda

    Director
    Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues Government Accountability Office
    Download File (219.92 KB)