Congressional Testimony

Surgeon General Witness Statements are "State of the Union" messages the Air Force Surgeon General provides at select congressional hearings. Written witness statements are submitted to appropriate congressional committees in advance, and oral statements are given during the hearings.

This page contains links to complete transcripts of congressional testimony from Air Force Medical Service personnel. For questions related to past congressional testimonies, please contact the Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs Office.

2023 Congressional Testimony
- March 7, 2023 - Lieutenant General Robert I. Miller, Surgeon General, testified on Department of Defense Health Program before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
2022 Congressional Testimony
- May 25, 2022 - Lieutenant General Robert I. Miller, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health and Medical Readiness before the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Defense
- March 29, 2022 - Lieutenant General Robert I. Miller, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
2021 Congressional Testimony
- May 25, 2021 - Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, testified on Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Health Programs before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
- May 25, 2021 - Colonel Andrew A. Cruz, Chief, Air Force Family Advocacy Program, testified on Military Health System Reform before the House Armed Services Committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee
- April 20, 2021 - Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
2020 Congressional Testimony
- March 5, 2020 - Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
2019 Congressional Testimony
- December 5, 2019 - Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, testified on Military Health System Reform before the House Armed Services Committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee
- April 3, 2019 - Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, testified on Fiscal Year 2020 Defense Health Programs before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
- April 3, 2019 - Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
2018 Congressional Testimony
- April 26, 2018 - Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General, testified on Fiscal Year 2019 Defense Health Programs before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
2017 Congressional Testimony
- April 27, 2017 - Colonel Steven E. Pflanz, Director of Psychological Health, Air Force Medical Support Agency, testified on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- March 29, 2017 - Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General, testified on Fiscal Year 2018 Defense Health Programs before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
2016 Congressional Testimony
- March 9, 2016 - Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General, testified on Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Health Programs before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Video
- February 3, 2016 - Colonel Douglas M. Littlefield testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, United States House of Representatives
- February 23, 2016 - Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee On Personnel, Committee On Armed Services, United States Senate - Video
- February 26, 2016 - Major General Dorothy Hogg, Deputy Surgeon General, United States Air Force, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, United States House of Representatives
- February 26, 2016 - Colonel Linda Lawrence, Special Assistant to the Surgeon General for Trusted Care Transformation, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, United States House of Representatives
- March 22, 2016 - Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives - Video
2015 Congressional Testimony
- October 8, 2015 - Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee On Military Personnel, Committee On Armed Services, United States House of Representatives
- April 14, 2015 - Lieutenant General Thomas W. Travis, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives - Video
- March 25, 2015 - Lieutenant General Thomas W. Travis, Surgeon General, testified on Defense Health Programs before the Subcommittee on Defense, Senate Appropriations Committee - Video

Past Congressional Testimonies