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Excerpt from H. R. 1032-Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, March 30, 1993 The chairman. The hour has arrived. Today's hearing is on h.r. 1032, the Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimina tion Act. This bill addresses an issue which is vitally important to the nearly men and women who work for the Department and for the Nation's veterans. On behalf of the committee, I want to welcome you, Mr. Secre tary. It's his first official appearance as Secretary of Veterans Af fairs. Now you've been here many times before ou testimony as an advocate for veterans. I'm pleased that you are here as our Secre tary for Veterans Affairs. You have many important tasks ahead of you, and your service in the armed forces and many years of leadership with the Dis abled American Veterans certainly will serve you well as you set out to accomplish these important tasks. I applaud your recent ao tions addressing the problem of sexual harassment in the va. Increased employee sensitivity and better oversight of complaints processing are needed, but in this day and age this may not be enough to solve the problem in VA or any workplace. A number of VA employees came before our Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations last year, and with a great deal of courage they told us about their experiences with sexual harass ment. Despite being competent and skilled, several of these employ ees are still not able to return to work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.