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Chairman Bost Requests More Transparency from VA on Spent and Unspent COVID Dollars

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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 requesting more information on the way in which VA spent the supplemental funding they were given throughout the COVID pandemic. The Chairman’s letter also requests clarity on the roughly $4.5 billion that remain…

Bost, Issa Demand VA Address Problematic MSPB Decision

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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), released the following statements after they sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding a recent Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) decision impacting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) removal of hybrid…

Bost, Miller-Meeks Press VA on Inadequate Department Response Regarding Illegal Abortions at VA

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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health, released the following statements after they sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough following up on the VA’s decision to violate federal law and begin offering abortion…

Ranking Member Bost Joins Ohio Reps. Carey and Balderson in Seeking Answers Following Deaths of Two Central Ohio Veterans

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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio), and Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio), sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough following the unfortunate deaths of two central Ohio veterans who received care from the Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center. The Oracle-Cerner electronic…

Ranking Members Bost, Granger, Smith Slam Biden Administration Over Decision to Offer Abortions Through VA

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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations, and Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Budget, released the following statements after sending a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis…

Ranking Member Bost Joins Rep. Roy, 74 Colleagues in Urging Interior Secretary Haaland to Resume Police Escorts for Veteran Honor Flights

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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.), released the following statements after joining 74 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland requesting that the Department of the Interior resume providing the Honor Flight Network with the National Park Service’s United States Park…

Ranking Members Bost and Luetkemeyer Release Joint Statement on Supporting Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

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Today, Ranking Member on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Mike Bost (R-IL) and Ranking Member on the House Committee on Small Business Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) issued the following joint statement after sending a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office regarding access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs: “Veterans have served our nation honorably on the battlefield…

Ranking Member Bost Joins 112 Colleagues in Requesting Briefing on NPRC’s Plan to Fully Reopen, Eliminate Veteran Request Backlog

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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Oreg.), and Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.), released the following statements after joining over one hundred of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Director of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) calling for the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)…

House, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Leaders Join Forces to Bolster VA’s Medical Supply Chain, Make Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars

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Today, House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee leaders Ranking Member Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), are pushing to increase the resiliency of Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) medical supply chain and make responsible use of taxpayer dollars. “We write to urge you to initiate an…

Ranking Member Bost Joins Dr. Murphy, Colleagues in Calling for Veteran Mental Health Hearing Following Afghanistan Withdrawal

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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), led a letter to Chairman Takano urging him to bring the Committee back to Washington, D.C. immediately to conduct a full committee hearing on veteran mental health following the events in Afghanistan. Additional co-signers of the letter include: Rep. Jack…

Recent Letters

118th Congress Letters
First Session
7/10/2023: Technology Modernization Chairman Rosendale letter to Sec VA re EHRM Spending 
6/06/2023: Chairman Bost and House GOP letter to SecVA on Pride Flag
6/05/2023: Chairman Bost letter to SecVA follow up re Kurt DelBene Ethics Meeting
5/31/2023: Chairman Bost letter to SecVA re Veteran Community Care 
5/10/2023: Chairman Bost letter to SecVA re Kurt DelBene Ethics Meeting
4/21/2023: Chairman Bost, DAMA Chairman Luttrell, and EO Chairman Van Orden Letter to IG Missal re Tomah Provider 
4/10/2023: Chairman Bost and Rep. Obernolte Letter to SecVA re Loma Linda AIB
3/29/2023: Chairman Bost Letter to SecVA re COVID-19 Spending
3/28/2023: Oversight & Investigations Chairwoman Kiggans Letter to SecVA re Consulting Firm Conflicts of Interest
3/08/2023: House VA Committee Majority FY24 Views and Estimates Letter
2/09/2023: Chairman Bost Letter to SecVA re Contract Waste and Duplication
2/09/2023: Chairman Bost Letter to SecVA re Vets First Improvements
2/07/2023: Chairman Bost Letter and Rep. Issa to SecVA re MSPB Title 38 Hybrid Accountability Act
1/31/2023: Chairman Bost and Health Chairwoman Miller Meeks Letter to SecVA re Abortion IFR
1/30/2023: Chairman Bost Letter to SecVA re Veteran Suicide Data and Overdose Deaths
1/10/2023: Chairman Bost Letter to SecVA re Oversight Documents Request

117th Congress Letters
Second Session
4/22/2022: RM Bost Letter to SecVA re FY 2023 Budget Request
4/8/2022: TM RM Rosendale Letter to DepSec and Cerner re EHRM and Pharmacy Issue

3/16/2022: RM Bost, TM RM Rosendale Letter to DepSec re EHRM Rollout
2/1/2022: RM Bost, TM RM Rosendale Letter to DepSec re EHRM Implementation
1/24/2022: House Republicans Letter to NARA re NPRC Reopening
1/21/2022: RM Bost, TM RM Rosendale Letter to DepSec re EHRM Plan

First Session
12/7/2021: HVAC, SVAC Letter to SecVA re VHA Regional Readiness Centers
9/8/2021: RM Bost Letter to Chairman Takano re Hearing Request on Afghanistan Withdrawal Impacts
8/31/2021: HVAC GOP Letter to Chairman Takano re Hearing Request on Veterans' Mental Health Following Afghanistan Withdrawal
7/22/2021: RM Bost, Chairman Tester Letter to SecVA re VA Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System
7/15/2021: House Republicans Letter to SecVA re Gender Transition Surgeries at VA
6/15/2021: House Republicans Letter to SecVA re Prohibiting the Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Abortions at VA
5/20/2021: HVAC, OGR Letter to SecDef re NPRC Veterans' Records Request Backlog
5/19/2021: RM Bost Letter to SecVA re Department Views and Estimates on Toxic Exposure Legislation
5/6/2021: RM Bost, OGR RM Comer Letter to NARA re NPRC Veterans' Records Request Backlog
4/6/2021: RM Bost, Leader McCarthy Letter to CA Public Utilities Commission re Net Neutrality Impact on Telehealth for Veterans

4/5/2021: House Republicans Letter to President Biden and NARA re NPRC Reopening Request
3/30/2021: RM Bost, RM Moran Letter to SecVA re California Net Neutrality Impact on Veterans
3/29/2021: HVAC Letter to SecVA re Support Survivors of MST
2/5/2021: RM Bost Letter to Chairman Takano re $17B for VA Budget Reconciliation Proposal
2/4/2021: RM Bost Letter to Acting SecTran re COVID Funding for VA
 
2/2/2021: RM Bost Letter to SecDef re National Guard at Southern Border
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