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 »
In honor of Women’s History Month, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), reauthorized the bipartisan Women Veteran Task Force (WVTF), with Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa) serving as Chairman and Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) serving as Co-Chair. The Members released the following statements in… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Committee’s oversight hearing to assess the Biden administration’s FY 2024 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Budget and FY 2025 Advance Appropriations Request:
Good morning.
The Committee will come to order.
I want… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the House passed four veterans’ bills this week:
“House Republicans work has only just begun to create a better Department of Veterans Affairs for the men and women who have served. Which is why I was proud to see four bipartisan veterans’ bills pass the… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Biden administration released their fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA):
“The Biden administration’s VA budget request for FY 2024 relies on complicated accounting gimmicks that would create fast lanes and slow lanes for… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the Committee’s first oversight hearing of the 118th Congress:
Good afternoon.
Thank you all for being here.
Welcome to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs’ first oversight hearing for the 118th Congress.
I am honored to be the… Read more »
