House VA Committee Conducts Hearing

Week of May 17, 2010

The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs recently conducted a hearing to examine the health effects that veterans sustained during the War in Vietnam as a result of being exposed to the toxic dioxin-based concoctions that is now generally referred to as Agent Orange and discuss related legislation.  The Committee will also follow-up on the outstanding directive to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct the National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study (NVVLS). Prepared testimony and a link to the webcast of the hearing are available on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs website.