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November 2006 |
VETERANS DAY 2006
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October 27, 2006 |
STATEMENT OF REP. LANE EVANS (D-IL), RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS -- “SHARED SACRIFICE” A CONCEPT LONG
OVERDUE |
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September 28, 2006 |
Bush
Administration Shortchanging
Veterans’ Mental Health Funding |
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September 25, 2006 |
EVANS CALLS FOR
INCREASED EFFORTS TO ENHANCE AND MODERNIZE VETERANS’ EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BENEFITS
Notes “Modest” Increase to
GI Bill Payments |
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September 14, 2006 |
Evans Welcomes VA’s
Long-Overdue Efforts to Notify Veterans of Possible Exposures to Chemical and
Biological Agents |
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September 6, 2006 |
EVANS URGES “BLUE WATER”
VETERANS AND SURVIVORS TO FILE CLAIMS WITH VA FOR DISABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
AGENT ORANGE |
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August 7, 2006 |
It is
Time to Protect Veterans from Identity Theft |
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July 11, 2006 |
Statement of Rep. Lane
Evans in Response to VA IG Report on Issues Related to the Loss of VA
Information Involving the Identities of Millions of Veterans |
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June 29, 2006 |
STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE LANE EVANS (D-IL), RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS |
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June 7, 2006 |
Statement of Rep. Lane
Evans on Disclosure that 2.2 Million Active Duty/Reserve Personnel Are Affected
by VA Data Theft |
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June 6, 2006 |
Evans “Appalled” by
Administration’s Lack of Action to Protect Veterans’ Data; Requests Independent
Investigation |
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May 23, 2006 |
Evans Requests
Expedited Investigation of Veterans’ Data Theft |
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May 22, 2006 |
Statement of the Democratic Members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
On VA Data Theft |
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May 12, 2006 |
Statement of Rep. Lane
Evans (D-IL) on the Passing of G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery, long-time Mississippi
Congressman and Chairman
of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
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May 2, 2006 |
Evans Urges Speedy
Action by House to Meet Veterans’ Funding Needs |
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April 20, 2006 |
VA Data
Show Twice as Many Veterans Waiting for Health Care |
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March 14, 2006 |
VA
Data Show Significant Increase in Medical Needs of Returning Veterans, One in
three receive an initial mental health diagnosis |
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March 9, 2006 |
Evans, Berkley
Introduce Legislation to Allow Veterans a Choice in Representation |
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March 1, 2006 |
EVANS
CONCERNED, NOT SURPRISED BY ARMY STUDY FINDING 1 IN 3 SOLDIERS SUFFERING MENTAL
HEALTH DISTRESS |
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February 23, 2006 |
Veterans’ Committee
Democrats Counter Administration’s VA Budget with Call for Additional $4.5
Billion for Health Care, Other Services |
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February 16, 2006 |
HOUSE
VETERANS’ PANEL WELCOMES CONGRESSMAN SALAZAR |
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February 15, 2006 |
Early
Indicators Warn of Possible Shortfalls at VA...Again |
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February 8, 2006 |
VA
BUDGET GREETED SKEPTICALLY; FRUSTRATION EXPRESSED OVER PROPOSALS TO INCREASE
FEES FOR VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE |
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February 7, 2006 |
The Bush
Administration’s VA Budget Request: “When a $3.5 Billion ‘Increase’ Isn't
a $3.5 Billion Increase” |
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February 6, 2006 |
Statement of Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL) on the President's FY '07 VA Budget
Submission |
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February 2, 2006 |
GAO AUDIT INDICATES VA
BUDGET SHAM, Evans, Akaka lambaste accounting gimmicks that clipped veterans'
health care |
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January 30, 2006 |
The
Bush Administration’s Record of Shortchanging Veterans:
The Real State of the Union |
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January 24, 2006 |
Administration Turned Away 260,000 Veterans Who Sought VA Care in 2005 |
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December 14, 2005 |
STATEMENT OF REP. LANE EVANS (D-IL) Planned GOP cuts would
place a lump of coal in the stockings of disabled veterans and their
families |
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November 28, 2005 |
EVANS ENCOURAGES
ILLINOIS DISABLED VETERANS “WHO FEEL SHORT-CHANGED” TO REQUEST REVIEW OF OLD VA
DECISIONS |
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November 18, 2005 |
Statement of Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL) on the Military Quality of Life and VA
Appropriations Conference Report |
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November 16, 2005 |
STATEMENT OF REP. LANE
EVANS CONCERNING VA’S DECISION TO INCREASE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COPAYMENTS |
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November 10, 2005 |
EVANS CALLS VA DECISION
TO STOP REVIEW OF BENEFITS FOR VETERANS
WITH PTSD “THE RIGHT THING TO DO” |
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November 7, 2005 |
Veterans
Day 2005 |
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October 25, 2005 |
STATEMENT OF REP. LANE EVANS: What Could They Be
Thinking? GOP Leaders Brag That “Everything is on the Table” for
Across-The-Board Spending Cuts |
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October 14, 2005 |
GAO
Findings Indicate Some Disabled Veterans Not Receiving Benefits They Are Due |
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October 12, 2005 |
Haven’t Veterans Sacrificed Enough? Not
According to Some House Republicans |
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September 29, 2005 |
Evans Releases Military Sexual Trauma Report Suppressed by
Administration |
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September 22, 2005 |
Evans
Urges VA to Improve Compensation Payments to Veterans with Noise-induced Hearing
Loss Associated with Military Service - New IOM study finds that “audiometric
testing by the military services has not been adequate.” |
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September 20, 2005 |
Statement of Rep.
Lane Evans on GOP Attempts to Outsource VA Health Care Employees |
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September 13, 2005 |
EVANS
INTRODUCES LEGISLATION
TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO KATRINA-DISPLACED VETERANS AND
THEIR FAMILIES |
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September 8, 2005 |
EVANS
URGES VA TO REACH OUT TO WARTIME VETERANS WHO HAVE LOST INCOME AND ASSETS IN
HURRICANE KATRINA |
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September 7, 2005 |
EVANS
INTRODUCES HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION TO ASSIST VETERANS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE
KATRINA |
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August 22, 2005 |
STATEMENT
OF LANE EVANS IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH’S REMARKS BEFORE THE VFW NATIONAL
CONVENTION |
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July 28, 2005 |
Evans Lauds House Vote to Fix Veterans’ Health Care Funding Shortfall |
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July 25, 2005 |
Evans
Urges VA to Provide a Presumption of Service-connection for Gulf War Veterans
Diagnosed with Brain Cancer |
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July 15, 2005 |
STATEMENT OF REP. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS |
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July 13, 2005 |
HOUSE APPROVES
VETERANS’ COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE AND PERMANENTLY AUTHORIZES
PARKINSON’S DISEASE CENTERS |
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July 12, 2005 |
BUSH ADMINISTRATION
CONCEDES -- AGAIN -- MORE FUNDS NEEDED
FOR VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE |
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June 23, 2005 |
VA
Medical Facilities Suffer Funding Shortfalls; VA
Headquarters Denies Problem, Obstructs Release of Survey Results |
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June 22, 2005 |
EVANS
DISSATISFIED WITH VA PLAN TO REVIEW GRANTS, BUT NOT DENIALS OF CLAIMS FOR
VETERANS WITH PTSD, Fundamental fairness requires that both grants and
denials be included in any review |
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May 20, 2005 |
EVANS “GENERALLY
ENCOURAGED” BY IMPROVEMENTS IN BENEFITS PAYMENTS TO ILLINOIS VETERANS,
Expresses concern that VA IG report
does not consider denials of claims for PTSD |
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May 17, 2005 |
EVANS ISSUES
STATEMENT ON VETERANS’ DISABILITY BENEFITS COMMISSION |
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May 11, 2005 |
Evans
and Dingell Introduce New Veterans’ Education and Training Bill; Legislation
seeks to modernize GI Bill to improve recruitment and readjustment services |
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April 29, 2005 |
GOP
Budget Resolution Leaves Department of Veterans Affairs Grossly Underfunded
According to Democratic Leader of Veterans Panel |
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April 28, 2005 |
Evans
and Strickland Provide VA with Names of Exposed Veterans,
Request quick action on notification |
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April 13, 2005 |
Evans Introduces Veterans Mental
Health Bill, Calls for hearings to examine
critical issue |
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March 17, 2005 |
HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO CUT VETERANS’ BENEFITS
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February 23, 2005 |
Democrats Offer “Realistic” VA Budget, Reject Administration's Misguided Cuts
and Increased Fees |
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February 16, 2005 |
EVANS’ GAO STUDY RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT VA’s
CAPACITY TO MEET VETERANS' PTSD NEEDS
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February 10, 2005 |
RANKING MEMBER EVANS ANNOUNCES
ASSIGNMENTS
FOR DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS ON COMMITTEE |
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February 7, 2005 |
Bush Budget a “Cruel Mockery” of
Obligation to Care for Veterans |
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February 2, 2005 |
Evans Introduces Legislation to
Assure Adequate and Timely Funding for Veterans' Health Care System |
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January 25, 2005 |
Evans’ GAO Study Finds DOD and VA
Need to Improve Services to Severely Disabled Veterans |
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January 6, 2005 |
Statement of Rep. Lane Evans on GOP Removal of Rep.
Christopher Smith as Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee |
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January 5, 2005 |
EVANS TO AGAIN LEAD
DEMOCRATS ON VETERANS AFFAIRS PANEL |
