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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »
In case you missed it, last week Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, toured and met with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leadership, doctors, and nurses at both the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan and the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan to review… 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 markup of 5 bills, 4 of which are led by House Republicans, including H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, landmark legislation that would increase the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led by Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), reported out 5 bills to be eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives, including Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) and House Republicans landmark bill, H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, top priority legislation that seeks to increase the… 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 assess Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Colllins’ plans to reorganize and restructure certain aspects of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) – including VA’s VISN map – with the goal… Read more »