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Ranking Member Roe: “Our Committee acted decisively today to honor the brave service of all veterans”

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the Committee voted to report 12 bills to the House Floor. “Our Committee acted decisively today to honor the brave service of all veterans - including the millions of women veterans who represent the fastest growing segment of the military and…

Ranking Member Roe Expresses Concern Over Democrats’ Wrongful Use of Emergency Funding Measures

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 7608, which would allocate an unprecedented $12.5 billion dollars in emergency funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “It is deeply concerning that House Democrats advanced a bill today that would allocate more…

Congressional Leaders Introduce Bill to Provide Benefits to Veterans and Military Families Fighting COVID-19

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, along with Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kans.), the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’…

Roe, Bergman Amendment to Prevent Veteran Suicide Not Included in FY 2021 NDAA

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, released the following statements after the amendment they offered to add the Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act to H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense…

Ranking Member Roe Statement on House Passage of Three Bills

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the House unanimously sent three bipartisan bills to better support servicemembers, veterans, and blind and severely disabled individuals to the President’s desk. Dr. Roe sponsored each of the bills the House passed and recently joined Rep. Gus…

Lawmakers to VA: “Take Necessary Action to Prevent Sexual Harassment within the Department”

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) joined Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Committee Members Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), and Julia Brownley (D-Calif.), Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.), Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) and Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and combat veteran Senator…

Roe, Bilirakis Urge Vote on Bipartisan Bill to Improve Housing, Services for Severely Wounded Veterans

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, released the following statements after sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer requesting that H.R. 3504, as amended, the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive…

Roe Introduces Bill to Modernize Eligibility for VA Healthcare for First Time in More Than Two Decades

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after introducing The Modernizing Veterans' Healthcare Eligibility Act to create a bipartisan commission to assess veterans’ eligibility for care within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and make recommendations for how to revise and simplify it for…

Ranking Member Roe, Rep. Womack Call for Accountability Review, Bonus Recoupment of Arkansas VA Pathologist Following Charges

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), the Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, sent a letter to Robert Wilkie, the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), requesting details about how VA intends to hold the former Chief Pathologist at the VA Medical Center in…

ICYMI: Ranking Member Roe Participates in Facebook Live Q & A with IAVA CEO Jeremy Butler

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Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after he participated in a Facebook Live Q & A interview with Jeremy Butler, the CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) yesterday. “IAVA has been laser focused on serving post-9/11 veterans for years and COVID-19 has not lessened…

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