Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, (R-Wisconsin), 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 field hearing to discuss the issue of veteran homelessness in San Diego, California:
The Subcommittee will come to order.
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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Committee reported 7 bills to be considered on the House Floor:
“This morning, under my leadership, our Committee successfully reported seven bipartisan bills to be considered by the full House during our first markup of the 118th Congress. Each of these proposals will… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) delivered the following remarks, as prepared, during debate on H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, in response to Democrats’ continued spread of false claims that this bill will impact the delivery of VA healthcare and cut veterans’ benefits:
Thank you, Chairman Smith.
And thank you, Mr.… Read more »
This week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.) introduced H.R. 2809, House companion legislation to Senator Tester’s EHR Program RESET Act of 2023 to begin negotiations between the House and Senate to address longstanding issues with the management and delivery of VA’s ongoing Electronic Health Record Modernization.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Chairman Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that future deployments of the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR) will be halted while the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after House Republicans introduced the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, the House Republican plan of action to responsibly raise the debt ceiling:
“For months, Democrats have spread false claims that House Republicans would cut veterans’ benefits to get our fiscal… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (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 providing veterans with access to life-saving substance abuse disorder treatment as substance abuse and overdose deaths continue to be at… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Chairman Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that they will continue a pause on future deployments of the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system:
“We… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Chairman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that hundreds of student veterans failed to receive their GI Bill monthly housing stipend this morning:
“We were… Read more »
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), released the following statements after Rep. Ciscomani introduced H.R. 1669, the VET-TEC Authorization Act. Bipartisan legislation to make permanent the VET-TEC employment pilot program, which has an 64% job placement success rate in helping thousands of… Read more »
