News & Opinion

The VOW Act of 2011 is part of a larger effort to help the men and women who have served our nation and protected our liberty compete in today's austere economic climate. The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs recently passed the VOW ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas — I recently hosted House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman and friend Rep. Jeff Miller at the Cactus Hotel in San Angelo for a briefing from veterans service officers and veterans from around the 11th District of Texas to voice their concerns.

For the second time this year, the U.S. House has approved legislation containing $2.85 million to build a Fort Wayne mental health clinic for military veterans.

“I was young, but I remember campaigning, being in parades with her, throwing candy,” says Gonzalez, a research assistant for the Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s Health subcommittee.

TAMPA --The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill prompted by an I-Team investigation into companies illegally charging veterans for services which, by law, should be free.

I’d go back tomorrow — if they’d let me fly,” says the staff director for the Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s Economic Opportunity subcommittee.

Representatives Jeff Miller of Florida and Bob Filner of California hosted a Veterans Employment Summit in Washington on Sept. 13 to discuss best practices for hiring veterans in the private sector.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis celebrated two victories this week as the House Veterans Affairs Committee, for which the Sunshine State congressman serves as vice chairman, passed two bills he introduced.

“I don’t know [if I’m] a lifer,” says the professional staff member for the Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s Oversight and Investigations subcommittee, “but I see myself here for a while.”

Read more »