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REPUBLICAN MEMBERS:

Alan Simpson, WY--Chairman

Strom Thurmond, SC
Frank Murkowski, AK
Arlen Specter, PA
James Jeffords, VT
Henry Brown, CO
Larry E. Craig, ID
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, CO

DEMOCRAT MEMBERS:

Jay Rockefeller, WV--Ranking minority member

Bob Graham, FL
Daniel Akaka, HI
Byron L. Dorgan, ND

DESCRIPTION

The Committee on Veterans' Affairs deals with:

1. Compensation of veterans.
2. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces.
3. National cemeteries.
4. Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and special.
5. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
6. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
7. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans.
8. Veterans' measures generally.
9. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans.