Press Releases

After media reports that officials at the Phoenix VA Health Care System may have been intentionally destroying possible evidence related to the federal investigation of the Phoenix VA Health Care System as recently as April 27, the department’s delayed actions to preserve possible evidence, and VA’s admitted destruction of a waiting list department officials have speculated… Read more »

Today, Chairman Miller wrote to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki regarding the department’s delayed actions to preserve possible evidence related to allegations that veterans seeking care at the Phoenix VA Health Care System may have died while awaiting treatment and may have been placed on a secret waiting list. Chairman Miller’s letter also addressed VA’s… Read more »

Following media reports that 40 veterans seeking care at the Phoenix VA Health Care System died while awaiting treatment and may have been placed on a secret waiting list, Chairman Miller released the following statement: “These are extremely disturbing allegations, which is why weeks ago I called for a complete and thorough inspector general investigation into delays in VA care… Read more »

Today, Chairman Jeff Miller launched VA Honesty Project, a new web component of Veterans.House.Gov designed to highlight the Department of Veterans Affairs’ lack of transparency with the press, and by extension the public. View the page here. Because the Department of Veterans Affairs is a taxpayer funded organization, it has a responsibility to fully explain itself to the press… Read more »

Yesterday, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller and Rep. Jackie Walorski introduced H.R. 4102, legislation that would make an award of VA benefits issued on or after the date of a veteran’s death payable to the veteran’s estate. Under current law, only a veteran’s spouse, children under the age of 18, and parents are eligible to receive… Read more »

Leaders of some of America’s top veterans service organizations are acknowledging the widespread lack of accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs and voicing their support for the VA Management Accountability Act of 2014 after Chairman Jeff Miller and Sen. Marco Rubio introduced versions of the bill in the House and Senate, respectively. The bill was developed in… Read more »

Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller will introduce the VA Management Accountability Act of 2014, legislation that would give VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and future VA secretaries complete authority to fire or demote VA Senior Executive Service or equivalent employees based on performance. Current law ostensibly allows SES workers, a group representing… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 357, as amended, the G.I. Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013, a bipartisan bill introduced by Chairman Miller and cosponsored by Ranking Member Mike Michaud. The bill would enable G.I. Bill recipients to receive in-state tuition rates at any public college or university in the country, not just those in a veteran’s state of… Read more »

Chairman Jeff Miller released the below statement today ahead of President Obama’s State of the Union address. “Veterans issues deserve more than just a passing reference during the upcoming State of the Union address, so I hope President Obama will take the opportunity to demonstrate a substantive commitment to providing the leadership that has so far been lacking at his… Read more »

Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller announced he would introduce two legislative measures that would eliminate certain cuts to cost of living adjustments for military retirees that were included in the recent Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.  The first measure would eliminate the Bipartisan Budget Act’s COLA reduction for all military retirees.… Read more »