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Press Releases
Feb 17, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
Subcommittee Reviews VA’s Plan to Decrease Disability Claims Backlog
This week, the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) held a hearing to review the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 VA budget request as it pertains to...
Feb 15, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
2013 VA Budget Under the Microscope
Two questions dominated today’s VA’s Budget Request for FY2013 hearing held by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: When will the Administration make a decision...
Feb 13, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
Miller: “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the President’s 2013 Budget for the Department of Veterans...
Feb 9, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
VA Fiduciary System Seriously Flawed
Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (O&I) held an oversight hearing entitled, “Reforming VA’s Flawed Fiduciary System.” The VA’s approximately 95,000 appointed...
Feb 3, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
Miller: “Protect Veterans’ Healthcare First”
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on President Obama’s Veterans Job Corps initiative...
Feb 2, 2012
| Issues: Education, GI Bill, Veterans
Committee Looks to Solve Growing Guard Unemployment Rates
Today, the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity (EO) held an oversight hearing to hear from the National Guard Adjutants Generals from Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee on their efforts...
Feb 1, 2012
| Issues: Health Care, Veterans
Committee Investigates VA Contracting Issues
VA officials today admitted to illegally purchasing pharmaceuticals for veterans off-contract through its Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor (PPV). The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs...
Jan 26, 2012
| Issues: Veterans
Miller: “I Expect A Full Accounting of All Veterans’ Graves”
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the recent discovery of numerous mismarked graves...
Jan 24, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
Miller: “Veterans Need Jobs Not Promises”
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address....
Jan 24, 2012
| Issues: Veterans
VA Disability Ratings Evaluated
Today, the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) held an oversight hearing to evaluate if the current disability rating systems at the Departments of Defense...
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