Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), introduced the Complete the Mission Act of 2024, comprehensive legislation which would safeguard veterans’ Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based healthcare access by codifying current access standards and would require VA to publish their wait times for all VA medical centers, setting a baseline expectation for ... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), requested answers from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough on the delayed implementation of the Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Claims Coordination Act which required the VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to increas... 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 Cybersecurity: Protecting Veteran Data from Evolving Threats.": Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to order. I want to welcome our witn... 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 entitled, “Life After Limb Loss: Examining VA Amputee Prosthetics Care”: Good afternoon, everyone. This oversight hearing for the Subcommittee on Health will now c... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), and leading veterans service organizations (VSOs) released the following statements after the House passed Rep. Ciscomani’s landmark veterans’ package, H.R. 8371, The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Centur... 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 hearing on a review of the Army’s progress to resume Caisson Platoon operations at Arlington National Cemetery as well as the Department of Veterans Affair... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and House Committee on Small Business Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas), released the following letter they sent to Director Neera Tanden of U.S. Domestic Policy Council expressing concerns with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) implementation of Executive Order 14019, Pro... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the most recent letter he and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Chairman John Carter (R-Texas), sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough in response to a briefing document provided by VA which revealed that no benefits budge... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after his oversight team visited the Mountain Home VA Medical Center in Tennessee following disturbing allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and inappropriate interpersonal relationships at the facility. These concerns were first brought to the Chairman by Under Secretary for Healt... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) failing to answer nearly 30 letter requests made by the Committee, including over 50 additional requests-for-information, on various issues pertaining to the delivery of care, benefits, and services at VA: “Veterans and taxpayers expect tr... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a fourth letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) failure to comply with the Committee’s September subpoena of documents related to Executive Order (EO) 14019 and its Related Interagency Agreement with the Michigan Department of... Read More »
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 »
