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Chairman Bost: “It's not a game. This shutdown affects real people – veterans and servicemembers – lives.”

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), to discuss the need for Democrats to end the pain they've inflicted on the American people – and America’s veterans – by shutting down the…

Chairman Bost Slams Democrats for Government Shutdown Impact on Veterans, Servicemembers, Families

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), appeared on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power to discuss how Democrats are holding the government hostage by shutting down the government and impacting the delivery of vitally important support, services, and grant programs for veterans across the country. Chairman Bost underscored how mental health programs,…

Chairman Bost and Whip Emmer for Stars & Stripes: Democrats must stop playing politics with America’s veterans and reopen the government

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), published the below opinion piece in Stars and Stripes to detail the impacts of the Democrat-led government shutdown on America’s veterans and to urge Senate Democrats to reopen the government by passing the clean, House-passed continuing resolution (CR) funding…

House Passes 14 Veterans’ Bills to Enhance Benefits Outreach, Modernize and Expand Healthcare Delivery to Reach All Veterans, Safeguard VA Supply Chain and Deployed Servicemembers Homes

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed 14 bipartisan veterans’ bills this week:   “Fourteen bills mean fourteen wins for veterans and their families. The bills the House passed this week address a range of issues from: improving education and job training benefits, expanding access to health…

Tech Modernization Chairman Barrett Leads Oversight Hearing on Modernizing VA Care Through Artificial Intelligence

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Today, Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), 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 to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) could transform healthcare delivery for veterans, streamline Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) services,…

Chairman Bost Secures Key TAP Program Reforms in FY26 NDAA

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (NDAA) 2026, which included key Transition Assistance Program (TAP) reforms Chairman Bost secured to add accountability in the…

House Republicans Issue Joint Statement on Trump Administration Ending Abortion Services at VA

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), released the following joint statement regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recent decision that VA will no longer offer abortion services,…

President Trump Signs Landmark VA Home Loan Program Reform Act into Law

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Chairman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), released the following statements after President Trump signed Rep. Van Orden’s bill, H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, into law.   H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, will create a partial claim…

FROM THE FIELD: Tech Modernization Chairman Barrett Leads Field Hearing on Improving Access to Health Care for Rural Veterans, Role of Community Care

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Today, Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), 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 field hearing entitled, “Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans,” to examine the role of technology in delivering wraparound VA healthcare services to…

Chairman Bost, House Republicans Forward Key Veterans’ Health Care ACCESS Bill

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Chairman Bost in hearing room

This week, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led by Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), reported out 25 bills to be eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives, including one of House Republicans top bill priorities, H.R. 740, the Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act – forward thinking legislation to build on both the…

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