Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the House Committee on Rules hearing on two House Republican bills that will be considered on the House floor this week, H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, led by Chairman Bost and H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson… Read more »
Ahead of House Floor consideration this week of Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) and House Republicans landmark bill, H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, the bill’s namesakes, the Briley and Edmundson family’s published the below opinion piece underscoring the impact the proposed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits increases in the… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led by Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), reported out 16 bills to be eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives. Remarks on each of these bills can be found here.
“From advancing new ideas to expand the reach of VA’s mental health and TBI healthcare services, to bringing needed accountability to VA’s budget… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Full Committee’s oversight hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) plan to comply with President Trump’s recent executive order to expand housing for veterans struggling with homelessness by establishing the National Center… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Chairman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), launched an investigation into allegations the Committee has received regarding George Washington University potentially defrauding and withholding student veterans from receiving thousands of dollars in their earned Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) GI Bill… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Chairman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), alongside Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) and Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), introduced H.R 8532, the VA Home Loan Affordability Act, comprehensive legislation to reduce bureaucratic barriers in the Department of… Read more »
Today, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s oversight hearing to examine the delivery of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) pension, fiduciary, and life insurance benefit programs… Read more »
This week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) confirmed that veterans with fiduciaries who, due to seeking help managing their VA benefits, were previously automatically added to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System… Read more »
Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s oversight hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veteran Readiness and Employment program (VR&E) to ensure it is fiscally responsible for… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Full Committee’s oversight hearing to discuss how under the leadership of Secretary Collins, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) has made landmark progress in reducing the VA disability compensation benefits backlog – which has… Read more »
