Joint Hearing
Senate Veterans Affairs & House Veterans Affairs Committees
Thursday, March 23, 2017
NOB Hearing Room 1
Call to Order & Pledge of Allegiance by Chairman Vulakovich
Welcome & Introductions
Senator Randy Vulakovich, Chairman
Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
Representative Steve Barrar, Chairman
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
Senator Jay Costa, Democrat Chairman
Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
Representative Chris Sainato, Democrat Chairman
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
Member Introductions
Hearing on Veterans’ Issues
9:15 a.m.
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Brigadier General Anthony J. Carrelli
Adjutant General
Major General (Ret.) Eric Weller
Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans Affairs
9:45 a.m.
Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission
Glenn Pasewicz, Executive Director – Attachment
Helen Khanzhina, Project Manager
10:15 a.m.
Veterans Organizations
John Brenner, Chairman
PA Veterans Commission
Keith Beebe, Chairman of the Legislative Committee
PA War Veterans Council
10:45 a.m.
Harold Cooney, Northeast Region Liaison
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Military Community and Family Policy
Adjournment
Additional Testimony: