Press Releases

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 »

Today, Chairman Miller released the following statement regarding allegations that more than 238,000 veterans died awaiting VA care. “During last year’s investigation into data manipulation and wait time delays at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs uncovered evidence of related problems at the Health Eligibility Center (HEC)… Read more »

Today, Chairman Miller released the following statement ahead of the hearing “The State of VA’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget” to take place this Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. in room 334 of the Cannon House Office Building. “VA’s continued lack of transparency and refusal to be forthright with Congress is unacceptable. It was not until I called a… Read more »

Congressman Charlie Dent (Chairman, House Appropriations Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) and Congressman Ralph Abraham, M.D. (Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee) released the following joint statement on their oversight visit of the Philadelphia VA Regional Office. “The issues raised in the VA OIG… Read more »

In light of Senator Isakson’s recent announcement, Chairman Miller has released the following statement. “Johnny Isakson is a good friend and a valuable partner in our effort to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs. He continues to be a leader in bringing accountability to VA by not only helping to create the Choice Program, but ensuring it is implemented effectively.… Read more »