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handle is hein.usccsset/usconset60147 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 113TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 113-1 LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 7, 2013.-Ordered to be printed Mr. SANDERS, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, submitted the following REPORT Pursuant to paragraph 8 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs (hereinafter Com- mittee) submits its report on legislative and oversight activities during the 111th Congress. I. HEARINGS AND MEETINGS A. First Session (2009) During the First Session of the 111th Congress, the Committee held 32 hearings, including four field hearings. At those events, the Committee heard testimony from 219 witnesses. Three hearings (April 22, April 29, and October 21) focused ex- clusively on legislation pending before the Committee. Testimony offered at those hearings covered 63 bills. The Committee held six business meetings. The organizational meeting was held on February 10. On May 21, six measures were reported out of Committee. The Committee held six meetings to discharge nominations. The Session coincided with the election of a new President of the nation, compelling the Committee to hold confirmation hearings on his nominees to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Committee's first hearing took place on January 14, even before the inauguration of the then president-elect, to consider the selection of General Eric K. Shinseki to serve as VA Secretary. Several other VA nominees subsequently came before the Committee this Session. Notwithstanding the Committee's attention to the confirmation process, a principal focus during this Session was addressing the systemic problems besetting the VA's disability compensation sys- 29-010

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