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Republican Rep. Jeff Miller of Florida is concerned a new federal rule requiring employers to make free contraceptive services available to female workers could jeopardize efforts to help homeless veterans. So what does birth control have to do with homeless vets? Potentially quite a bit, according to Miller. Read more »

Veterans programs would see a significant boost under the budget proposal laid out by the White House this week, but lawmakers were more concerned Wednesday about whether the looming threat of automatic defense funding cuts could undo those positive numbers. Read more »

As veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war return home, a significant number of them suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It’s not a new mental illness. Although not formally recognized until 1980, it’s been recognized through the centuries that the stresses of combat could produce long-lasting psychological effects. Earlier, PTSD was described in various ways such as shell shock, battle fatigue, and accident neurosis. Read more »

Despite a proposed budget that would boost spending for veterans, the House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman accused the White House Wednesday of leaving veterans “twisting in the wind” by refusing to declare the Department of Veterans Affairs exempt from automatic cuts to reduce the deficit. Read more »

In a recent Op-Ed on Military.com, Representative Jeff Miller (R-FL),the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, warned that sequestration of government programs is imminent. “Sequestration” is a congressionally mandated set of cuts that will go into effect later this year because the Joint Select Committee failed to find $1.2 trillion dollars in deficit reductions as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Read more »

All the talk around Washington these days revolves around the federal budget and the coming effects of sequestration. While the focus has been mainly on the Department of Defense, what is less known to the public is that due to what I have called a “conflict” in the law, VA too may be subject to sequestration come next January. Read more »

In an era of tightened federal budgets, the Veterans Affairs Department has won a 10.5 percent funding increase justified by the return of combat troops to the U.S. and the looming drawdown of the active-duty military. Read more »

As it stands right now, sequestration of government programs is imminent. This is the consequence of years of bad decisions, coupled with the Joint Select Committee's (a.k.a. the Super Committee) failure to find $1.2 trillion dollars in deficit reductions over the next 10 years to avoid the scenario we now face. Read more »

Whatever rhetoric you’ve been hearing lately, most know the economy is not where we want it to be. But amidst the public outcry, political bickering, and pure speculation, priorities have been rearranged. On one hand, we must cut some spending and reevaluate programs to find saving measures. Read more »

Rep Jeff Miller (R-Fla) the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee has proposed legislation that would exempt veterans health programs from any of the ... Read more »