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Research and Investigations on Gulf War Illnesses
Examining the Status of Gulf War Research and Investigations on Gulf War Illnesses Tuesday, June 01, 2004 1:00 PM
Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, will convene an oversight hearing June 1 to assess the status of research on Gulf War illnesses and discuss General Accounting Office (GAO) findings regarding Persian Gulf War veterans? exposures to chemical warfare agents. The hearing will convene Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 1:00 pm in room 2154 of the Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C. "Low-level exposures to sarin may play a role in the illnesses and syndromes suffered by more than 125,000 American veterans of the first Gulf War," Shays said. "For those veterans, and for those fighting in toxic environments today, only an aggressive research agenda will produce the answers needed to protect or cure yesterday?s, today?s and tomorrow?s warriors." Veterans from the United Kingdom have also suffered the range of illnesses and symptoms often called "Gulf War Syndrome." Lord Alfred Morris of Manchester, a former UK Minister of War Pensions, has been an active advocate for Gulf War veterans. As he did in January 2002, Lord Morris will join the Subcommittee in reviewing the status of research into Gulf War exposures and treatments. Shays said, "Studies indicate our Coalition partners from the UK and elsewhere were also operating in the path of toxic plumes. We welcome Lord Morris? expertise as the Subcommittee examines the international research effort to diagnose and treat the health effects of battlefield exposures." In recent years VA and DOD funding for Gulf War Illnesses research has decreased, despite the appointment of a new VA Research Advisory Committee. The GAO is expected to testify that the VA has not reassessed the extent to which the current portfolio has addressed key research questions. The last time VA did an assessment was in 2000, when only half of pending research studies were complete. Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations "Examining the Status of Gulf War Research and Investigations on Gulf War Illnesses" (June 1, 2004) Witness List PANEL ONE Mr. Jim Bunker Chairman, Veteran Information Network Gulf War Veteran Topeka, Kansas Dr. Derek Hall Gulf War Veteran United Kingdom Dr. Janet Heinrich Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues General Accounting Office Dr. Keith Rhodes Chief General Accounting Office Technologist General Accounting Office Mr. Jim Binns Chairman Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Mr. Steve Robinson Executive Director National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc. PANEL TWO Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin Acting Under Secretary for Health and Acting Chief Research and Development Officer Department of Veterans Affairs Accompanied by: Dr. Mindy L. Aisen Deputy Chief Research and Development Officer Department of Veterans Affairs Dr. Craig Hyams Chief Consultant, Occupational and Environmental Health Department of Veterans Affairs Major General Lester Martinez-Lopez Commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrik, Maryland Dr. Robert Haley Professor of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dr. Rogene Henderson Senior Scientist Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Dr. Paul Greengard Vincent Astor Professor and Head of Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience The Rockefeller University Nobel Laureate 2000
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