Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and House Committee on Small Business Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas), released the following letter they sent to Director Neera Tanden of U.S. Domestic Policy Council expressing concerns with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) implementation of Executive Order… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the most recent letter he and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Chairman John Carter (R-Texas), sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough in response to a briefing document provided by VA which revealed that no… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a fourth letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) failure to comply with the Committee’s September subpoena of documents related to Executive Order (EO) 14019 and its Related Interagency Agreement with the Michigan… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter in response to a recent Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report titled, “Additional Controls Are Needed to Improve the Reliability of Grant and Per Diem Program Data,” which outlined the clear failures made by VA to conduct proper oversight on their… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a recent letter he and House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Chairman John Carter (R-Texas), sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the Veterans Health Administration’s reported $12 billion dollar… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a third letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding disturbing allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and inappropriate interpersonal relationships at the Mountain Home Tennessee VA Medical Center (Mountain Home VA). These concerns were first brought… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough in response to a VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report entitled, “VBA Needs to Improve Oversight of the Digital GI Bill Platform,” which was released yesterday and highlighted the mismanagement by the… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), released the following letter they sent to Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth regarding the Army’s indefinite suspension of the Caisson Platoon at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) for military funeral services.
“Too many of our… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a second letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough about the lack of transparency from the department surrounding the implementation of the Biden-Harris administration’s Executive Order (EO) 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting.” VA had announced that it was partnering… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter and statement in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) informing Congress that it may be facing a budget shortfall approaching $15 billion across the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2024 and FY 2025.
This represents by far the largest budget shortfall that VA has… Read more »
