Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), published the below bipartisan opinion piece in the Ripon Forum to mark Veterans Day this year:
Working Across the Aisle for America’s Veterans
By Rep. Mike Bost & Rep. Mark Takano
Veterans Day 2023
Since the founding of our great nation, selfless men and women… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), published the below opinion piece in Military Times in response to the Biden administration and extreme Democrats continued spread of false claims and misinformation that the Limit, Save, Grow Act would somehow cut or impact the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) delivery of… Read more »
Last week, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and former Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Eric Hargan, released the following joint opinion piece in recognition of Suicide Prevention Month, this joint op-ed originally appeared in Real Clear Health.
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A Mission… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following opinion piece in The Ripon Society in honor of Veterans Day.
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Burn Pits Cannot be the Next Agent Orange
By Mike Bost
The Ripon Forum
Volume 55, No. 5
Veterans Day 2021
“Every day I wonder, ‘is today the day that toxic exposure… Read more »
This week, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, penned an opinion piece in The Southern in honor of Memorial Day.
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Honoring Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Congressman Mike Bost
Ranking Member, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
May 31, 2021
153 years ago, Southern Illinois’ own,… Read more »
A Crisis We Cannot Ignore
By: Dr. Phil Roe
9/3/2020
Long before COVID-19, America was grappling with another deadly affliction – veteran suicide. Every day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, for two decades and counting, an average of 20 servicemembers and veterans die by suicide. That amounts to 140 lives lost every week, 7,280 lives lost every year, and 145,600 lives lost since… Read more »
This week, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, penned an essay in The Ripon Forum in honor of Veterans Day.
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Be Grateful for the Many Sacrifices that Keep Us Free
The Ripon Forum
Volume 53, No. 5
By: Dr. Phil Roe
11/4/19
Every year on November 11th, Americans pay tribute to the men and women who… Read more »
In honor of Memorial Day, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs penned the below op-ed in The Washington Times:
Memorial Day is a day we pay tribute to the men and women… Read more »
Chairman Roe and Ranking Member Walz penned this op-ed on ArmyTimes.com.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and as legislators and leaders of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, we have a duty to ensure veterans contemplating ending their lives have access to the tools and resources they need to know they are not alone.
Recent data released by the… Read more »
Chairman Roe penned this op-ed on Medium.
Each Memorial Day, we pause to pay tribute to the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the freedoms we hold dear. We owe them a debt we can never fully repay, which is exactly why we must strive to honor their service any way we can. One way to do that is to take care of the loved ones they leave behind.
I’m proud… Read more »
