This document presents the transcripts of testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. Opening statements from members of the Select Committee on Aging, Representatives Matthew J. Rinaldo, George C. Wortley, and Christopher H. Smith, are presented. Background information on the Act and an accompanying chart of active and planned grants under Title IV of the Act are presented by Commissioner Lennie-Marie Tolliver, Administration on Aging. Three panels featured testimony of (1) senior citizens; (2) directors of state and area agencies on aging; and (3) representatives of geriatric education, training, and research. The appendix includes a statement from the American Association of Retired Persons, and nine statements or letters from directors and presidents of local senior citizens clubs, councils, associations, and services outlining the priorities of older Americans (e.g., transportation, health, psychological, and nutritional needs). (KGB)