Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter in response to a recent Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report titled, “Additional Controls Are Needed to Improve the Reliability of Grant and Per Diem Program Data,” which outlined the clear failures made by VA to conduct proper oversight on their own homele... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a recent letter he and House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Chairman John Carter (R-Texas), sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the Veterans Health Administration’s reported $12 billion dollar health ca... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report this afternoon titled, “Leaders Failed to Address Community Care Consult Delays Despite Staff’s Advocacy Efforts at VA Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo.” The report found that VA’s f... 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 oversight hearing entitled, “Ensuring Timely Access: Challenges in VA Scheduling." Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to order. I want to welcome our witnesses to discu... 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 discuss a recent VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report highlighting issues with the planning, expectations, and execution of the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) progra... 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, “Everyday Heroes: Supporting the Veteran Caregiver Community.” Good morning. The Committee will come to order. I want to welcome all the witnesses to our hearing. Before we get started, I’d like to take a moment t... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed four bipartisan veterans’ bills this week: “Each of the bipartisan bills the House passed this week would expand economic and education opportunities for veterans and their families by cutting back the red tape and making programs at VA work better for them,” said Chairm... 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 on the Committee’s investigation into the Hampton, Virginia Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Hampton VAMC) and the circumstances that led to some of the fa... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a third letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding disturbing allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and inappropriate interpersonal relationships at the Mountain Home Tennessee VA Medical Center (Mountain Home VA). These concerns were first brought to the Cha... 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 oversight hearing entitled, “VA’s Open Cash Register: Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Revenue Operations,” which will examine the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) struggles to op... 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 oversight hearing entitled, “Examining VA’s Challenges with Ensuring Quality Contracted Disability Compensation Examinations:” The subcommittee will come t... Read More »
Today, Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health’s oversight hearing entitled, “Dial 988 +1: Examining the Operations of the Veterans Crisis Line:” We will now get right into our oversight hearing today on the Veterans Crisis Line. Before we dive into the substance of today’s heari... Read More »
Today, the House of Representatives met to consider H.R. 9468, the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, which would provide $3 billion in mandatory funding for certain veteran benefits and holds the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for its egregious budgeting errors that caused the unprecedented shortfall. The measure was approved by voice vote. S... 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 legislative hearing on 16 bills which would enhance the delivery of healthcare and services to veterans: Good morning. This legislative hearing of the Subcommittee on Health will no... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the Committee’s business meeting to vote on a resolution to subpoena documents related to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Implementation of Executive Order (EO) 14019 and its Related Interagency Agreement with the Michigan Department of State. I now call up the... Read More »
