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 oversight hearing to examine the delivery of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) pension, fiduciary, and life insurance benefit programs which provide... Read More »
This week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) confirmed that veterans with fiduciaries who, due to seeking help managing their VA benefits, were previously automatically added to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) li... 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 oversight hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veteran Readiness and Employment program (VR&E) to ensure it is fiscally responsible for tomorrow’s disable... 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 Full Committee’s oversight hearing to discuss how under the leadership of Secretary Collins, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) has made landmark progress in reducing the VA disability compensation benefits backlog – which has dropped by more than... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Recently, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), alongside Jen Silva, Chief Program Officer, at Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), published the below joint opinion piece in Stars and Stripes following the Subcommittee’s March hearing on the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on active-duty servicemembers and... Read More »
This week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), published the below opinion piece in the Washington Times as part of the publications infrastructure edition to discuss House Republicans’ proposed reforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leasing and construction processes to reform and improve key aspects of VA’s infrastructure to better serve veterans across ... 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 the subcommittee’s markup on 7 proposed bills that seek to promote better tracking and bring back accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Board of Veterans App... 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 the subcommittee’s oversight hearing to examine ways to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Home Loan program. The VA Home Loan program currently serves 3.7 million veterans – and the ... 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 legislative hearing to discuss House Republicans’ proposed bills to implement needed oversight of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operations, protect veterans’ data, imp... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), released the following joint statement after Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins announced that the agency will offer $112 million dollars in grants for organizations through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program in 2026 – this lifesaving... 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 legislative hearing on 27 bills included in the Committee’s reauthorization initiative to update expired authorities, strengthen oversight, modernize the delivery of healthcare, benefits, research, and improve infrastructure for veterans — m... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Committee held a legislative hearing to discuss the 27 bills as part of the Committee’s reauthorization initiative to review, improve, and reauthorize specific programs and sectors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) – many of which have not been comprehensively reauthorized b... 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 effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on active-duty servicemembers and then as they become veterans and the steps the Department of Veterans Affa... 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 oversight hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) progress in implementation of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Im... 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 the subcommittee’s markup on 6 House Republican bills that seek to streamline the delivery of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits for veterans and their families by modernizing the GI Bill p... Read More »
