Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees: “I trust that my friend Secretary Collins is doing the right thing for veterans and taxpayers to effectively right size and reorganize the agency to work better for the men an... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement following his first official meeting with recently confirmed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary, Doug Collins. “I was honored to sit down with my old friend and former House colleague, newly confirmed VA Secretary Doug Collins today to discuss our shared priorities and veteran first... Read More »
Today, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s oversight hearing to discuss the roles and responsibilities of different parties in administering the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care Program to protect healthcar... Read More »
Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared at the start of the subcommittee’s first oversight hearing to examine the current state of Education Services at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the delivery of benefits is streamlined, effe... Read More »
In January, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – introduced legislation to increase access to mental health and addiction services and other life-saving care for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). H.R. 740, The Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicem... Read More »
Today, Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared at the start of the subcommittee’s first oversight hearing to examine the Biden-Harris administration’s legacy of failure to hold bad Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees accountable, placing governmen... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Subcommittee on Disability Assistance & Memorial Affairs Chairman Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), and Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) – alongside 40 cosponsors in the House, introduced legislation to cement the due process rights of veterans with fiduciaries – ... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement following a meeting with Mr. Darin Selnick, Senior Advisor to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth and Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness: “Under my leadership, we have made clear that our nation’s fighting force has earned a seaml... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Senate voted 77-23 to confirm President Trump’s nomination, the Honorable Douglas A. Collins, to serve as the twelfth Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): “I served with my friend from Georgia and fellow veteran Doug Collins in the House, and I know he has the best i... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), introduced legislation to increase access to care for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) providers in the community. The Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025 would establish exis... Read More »
Today, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared at the start of the subcommittee’s first oversight hearing to examine the VA’s failure to give veterans any due process before violating their Constitution right to bear arms. Good morning. Th... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Committee’s oversight hearing entitled, “Restoring Focus: Putting Veterans First in Community Care,” to discuss the importance of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based healthcare program – created by the bipartisan MISSION Act – for ve... Read More »
Today, following convening the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for its official Organizational Meeting for the 119th Congress, Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), issued the following statement announcing the Committee’s full membership, five subcommittee chair assignments, and subcommittee membership assignments for the 119th Congress: “The legacy of the Biden-Harris administration is bureaucracy f... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), alongside lawmakers in both the House and the Senate, introduced legislation to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) authority to hold poor-performing employees accountable. In 2017, Congress passed the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Prot... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), published the below opinion piece in Military Times to show his support for incoming President Trump’s nomination of Navy and Air Force veteran, and former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins to serve as the twelfth Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during the incoming Trump administration. Tomorrow, the Senat... Read More »
