According to Think Progress:

On Tuesday ” three days before Veterans Day ” House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Steve Buyer (R-IN) announced that for the first time in at least 55 years, veterans service organizations will no longer have the opportunity to present testimony before a joint hearing of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees.

Happy Veterans Days guys. Remember my Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ 11th) was the chair of this committee but then was removed when he tried to raise objections to under funding the VA hospital system as we marched to war. Apparently his replacement has no problem with that nor with denying veterans the chance to speak before Congress.