Hearings

Independent Spirits: Veteran Health & Healing through Adaptive Sports

February 4, 2026 04:00 PM Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G50

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Agenda

         WITNESS LIST

             Panel I

Gabriel George, Director of Pickleball, at Military Adaptive Court Sports (MACS), and Adaptive Sports Ambassador

Elizabeth Smith, U.S. Navy Aviation Maintenance Administrationman (Ret.)

Julie Howell, Associate Legislative Director for Government Relations, Paralyzed Veterans of America

             Panel II

Rachel McArdle, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Director, Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Service, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Testimony

  • Gabriel George

    Director of Pickleball
    Military Adaptive Court Sports (MACS), and Adaptive Sports Ambassador
    Download File (43.41 KB)

  • Elizabeth Smith

    U.S. Navy Aviation Maintenance Administrationman (Ret.)
    Download File (112.45 KB)

  • Julie Howell

    Associate Legislative Director for Government Relations
    Paralyzed Veterans of America
    Download File (343.08 KB)

  • Rachel McArdle, Ph.D

    Deputy Executive Director, Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Service
    Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Download File (188.66 KB)
    Download File (177.47 KB)