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.
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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… 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… 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.
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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, “Accountable or Absent?: Examining VA Leadership Under the Biden-Harris Administration,” which will discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) accountability culture. Including, whether VA leaders… 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 how the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are working together to provide mental health support for separating… Read more »
Today, House Appropriations Committee Member Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.), joined by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.), Appropriations Committee Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Judge Carter (R-Texas), Appropriations Committee Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Member Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), and House… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a second letter the Committee sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and inappropriate interpersonal relationships at the Mountain Home, Tennessee VA Medical Center (Mountain Home VA) that were brought to the… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement on the three-year anniversary of the Abbey Gate terrorist attack following the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 13 U.S. servicemembers and had a profound impact on the veteran community:
“Three years ago, the world watched as the Biden-Harris… 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 field hearing on the veteran transition experience, both on and off campus, and steps the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), schools, veteran service organizations,… Read more »