Press Releases

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously (402-0) in favor of passing H.R. 1412, the Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013. The bill, which passed the Senate Monday, now awaits President Obama’s signature. The bill extends a number of veterans initiatives such as the adaptive sports program for disabled veterans, homeless veterans programs and the… Read more »

Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller announced that Staff Director Helen Tolar will be leaving the committee to become chief of staff for Senator John Boozman (R-AR), while Deputy Staff Director Jon Towers will succeed Tolar as the committee’s new staff director. “Helen has been a crucial member of our team, a fantastic advocate for veterans,… Read more »

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller released the following statement and letter today regarding allegations that the IRS is unfairly targeting veterans service organizations: "As if we needed more proof the IRS is completely out of control. After illegally targeting innocent groups solely on the basis of their political beliefs, the IRS now appears to… Read more »

Today, Chairman Jeff Miller launched VA Accountability Watch, a new web component of Veterans.House.Gov designed to highlight the Department of Veterans Affairs’ growing pattern of rewarding failure. View the page here. VA Accountability Watch is dedicated to showing America’s veterans and American taxpayers how the department’s widespread and systemic lack of… Read more »

Ahead of President Obama’s speech tomorrow to the Disabled American Veterans National Convention in Orlando, Fla., Chairman Miller released the following statement. “I applaud President Obama for taking the time to address the Disabled American Veterans convention this weekend. I sincerely hope he uses this opportunity to make a personal commitment to solving two of the most… Read more »

On Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. ET at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a field hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs’ approach to stopping preventable patient deaths and lapses in care at VA medical centers around the country. The Veterans Health Administration provides health care… Read more »

On May 21, 2013, Chairman Jeff Miller wrote President Obama to request his assistance in addressing a rash of suicides, deaths and other serious patient-care issues at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country. After nearly two months without a response from the president, Chairman Miller today released the letter (read it here) along with the following… Read more »

Today, Chairman Jeff Miller and Ranking Member Mike Michaud launched Trials in Transparency, a new web component of Veterans.House.Gov designed to highlight one of the committee’s top oversight challenges: getting timely information from Department of Veterans Affairs officials. View the page here. Trials in Transparency will keep a running record of outstanding information… Read more »

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller made the following statement regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs two-year-old claims initiative:  “Any progress toward eliminating the backlog is welcome news. But we cannot forget that the department is still far short of its own backlog performance benchmarks for 2013. Additionally, one can’t help… Read more »

HVAC Announces New Efforts to Secure Vets’ Personal Info Click to Watch Participants: Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL) Ranking Member Mike Michaud (D-ME) Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) Chairman Jeff Miller: “Over the last week and a half, reports about the security of data maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs… Read more »