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 »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), announced the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs senior staff that will serve in the 119th Congress. Full Committee: Jon Clark – Staff Director Steve Gonzalez – Deputy Staff Director & Director of Member Services Katy Flynn – General Counsel Kathleen McCarthy – Communications Director Noah Barger – Senior Advisor Julia Tren... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after he announced the Republican Members who will serve on the Committee for the 119th Congress: “Whether it’s their own military service to experience in small business ownership, healthcare, and local government, I have no doubt that our Republican Committee Members for the 119th Congress w... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after President Biden officially signed S. 141, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, into law. In the House, Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), led the Committee’s bipartisan, bicameral flagship veterans’ package for the 118th Congress. “The men... Read More »
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the seventh letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough on the mismanagement by the Biden-Harris administration’s top leadership at the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) program. The Digital GI Bill was intended to automate and streamline veterans’ education c... 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 final oversight hearing of the 118th Congress on restoring congressional power over the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) following the Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo: The Committee will come to ord... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), published the below opinion piece in the Eastern Arizona Courier to highlight the impact House Republicans flagship, bipartisan, bicameral veterans’ package for the 118th Congress, The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, would have on veterans... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), released the following statements after the House voted 382-12 to send the bipartisan, bicameral Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, to the president’s desk to be signed into law: “There is no better way to close out the Congress than to pass... Read More »
Today, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s final oversight hearing of this Congress entitled, “Modernizing VA: Lessons Learned in the 118th Congress:” Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to order. I want to welco... Read More »
Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.), 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 hearing to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Program: Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to o... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and incoming Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), in a new letter called for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to prioritize accountability in VA’s annual executive appraisal cycle after recent mismanagement of VA’s budget and authority to award incentive ... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after being reappointed by the Republican Steering Committee to continue serving as Committee Chairman for the 119th Congress: “It is a deep honor to have the trust of my colleagues to continue leading the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in the 119th Congress,” said Chairman Bost. “The mi... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding VA’s overall strategy – to include funding for mental health – on the prevention of veteran suicide and the delivery of mental health care, support, and services. “Our veteran community continues to battle an epide... Read More »
