Press Releases

Chairman Miller today released the following statement regarding attempts to downplay the VA scandal. “Whether it’s continued delays in veterans’ medical care, the blatant waste of billions of taxpayer dollars or a rampant lack of accountability throughout every corner of the organization, there is simply no denying that the problems at the Department of Veterans… Read more »

Following the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Benefits Allison Hickey, Chairman Miller released the below statement. “Although Allison Hickey deserves credit for her military service and willingness to work on behalf of our nation’s veterans, she was not cut out for the job of VA Under Secretary for Benefits. She leaves the department amid a… Read more »

Following the release of a new Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General report documenting additional delays in medical care at the Phoenix VA Health Care System that may have contributed to patient harm, Chairman Miller released the below statement. “Nearly 18 months after the nation first learned of the delays in care crisis at the Phoenix VA Health Care… Read more »

Today, Chairman Jeff Miller released the following statement regarding the VA OIG report on inappropriate use of position and misuse of relocation program and incentives in VBA. “I am not surprised that the IG has confirmed our biggest fears about VBA’s relocation expenses program. The IG’s report proves that VA’s corrosive culture extends to the highest… Read more »

Today, Chairman Jeff Miller released the following statement regarding Senate passage of legislation to authorize completion of the Denver VA Medical Center. “The Department of Veterans Affairs’ replacement hospital in Denver has become the biggest construction failure in VA history, ballooning from $328 million to $1.675 billion. The bill passed today in the Senate… Read more »

Today, Chairman Jeff Miller (House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs) and Chairman Johnny Isakson (Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs) released the following joint statement on the Independent Assessments created under Section 201 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014. “When we requested an independent assessment over a year ago, many of the… Read more »

Today, the House passed two pieces of VA reform legislation. The VA Accountability Act of 2015 passed with a vote of 256 – 170. The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 passed with a vote of 385 – 34. Chairman Miller released the following statement: “I applaud my colleagues for stepping up today to address the troubling lack… Read more »

On Monday, 62 years after the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953, Chairman Jeff Miller and Ranking Member Corrine Brown led a bipartisan delegation from the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. “As Congress prepares to return to our home districts for the August… Read more »

Chairmen Miller and Dent Pledge that Congress will Address Recently Disclosed Funding Shortfall Today, Chairman Jeff Miller (House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs) and Chairman Charlie Dent (House Committee on Appropriations, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) released the following joint statement on VA’s budget shortfall. “As chairmen of the… Read more »

Chairman Jeff Miller made an impassioned speech about VA’s ongoing lack of accountability and widespread mismanagement at the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs markup of H.R. 1994, the VA Accountability Act of 2015. The bill passed the committee yesterday 14 – 10: “This committee will continue its oversight, we will continue to try to direct the Department of… Read more »