Press Releases

Chairman Miller released the following statement today regarding the biggest construction failure in VA history. “VA’s entire construction program is a disaster and has been for years. Nearly every major VA hospital construction project is behind schedule and hundreds of millions over budget. In Colorado, a replacement VA hospital is more than $1 billion over budget and… Read more »

Chairman Miller released the following statement today regarding the new $1.73 billion estimated cost for the replacement Denver VA Hospital. “The replacement Denver VA Medical Center is the biggest construction failure in VA history, and it just keeps getting worse. Since the project’s inception, the cost of the hospital has ballooned from $328 million to $1.73 billion. Yet… Read more »

Chairman Miller released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s Phoenix VA Health Care System visit. “Anytime the president devotes his time and personal attention to the issues plaguing the Department of Veterans Affairs, it’s a good thing. But I’m concerned the administration’s decision to convene an advisory committee composed of… Read more »

Ahead of President Obama’s visit to the Phoenix VA Health Care System, Chairman Miller released the following statement. “President Obama’s visit to the epicenter of the VA scandal comes at an important time. Nearly a year after the nation was rocked by a scandal involving secret waiting lists at more than 100 VA facilities, not a single VA senior executive has been… Read more »

Leaders of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs this week called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to address the ongoing problems that have plagued the replacement Denver VA Medical Center hospital, including mismanagement that has led to hundreds of millions in cost overruns and repeated delays. In a letter to VA Secretary Robert McDonald, Sens. Johnny… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two veterans related bills: ·         H.R. 280, introduced by Chairman Jeff Miller, would give the Department of Veterans Affairs secretary the authority to recoup for cause bonuses paid to VA employees. ·         H.R. 294, introduced by Chairman… Read more »

Today Chairman Miller released the following statement in reaction to VA Sec. Bob McDonald’s false claim that he served in special operations forces: “I’m disappointed in Sec. McDonald’s comments. After a rough couple of weeks that also included inflated claims of accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs, I hope Sec. McDonald will redouble his efforts… Read more »

Today Chairman Miller released the following statement regarding Senate passage of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act (Clay Hunt SAV Act): “The Senate did the right thing today by passing the Clay Hunt SAV Act. The bill is an important step toward helping stop the epidemic of veteran suicides. It provides comprehensive, new ideas aimed at improving the… Read more »

Today Chairman Miller released the following statement regarding President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 VA budget request. “I am committed to providing the Department of Veterans Affairs with the resources it needs to take care of our nation’s veterans. But if there’s one thing we’ve learned over the last year, it’s that VA’s numbers cannot be… Read more »

Yesterday Chairman Miller introduced the Veterans Affairs Retaliation Prevention Act of 2015. The bill would provide VA whistleblowers with a means to solve problems at the lowest level possible, while offering them protection from reprisals and real accountability for those who reprise against them.   Specifically, the bill would: Establish a new system employees could use… Read more »