Letters

Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mike Bost and Chairman Mark Takano; Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney and Ranking Member Rep. James Comer; Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gerry Connolly and Ranking Member Rep. Jody Hice; and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Ranking Member Rep.… Read more »

Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight & Reform, released the following statements after they joined a group of Republican lawmakers in writing to the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, regarding the massive delays veterans and… Read more »

Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and Members of the Republican California Congressional Delegation and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led the fight to ensure that California’s veterans have access to critical and lifesaving telemedicine in a letter to Marybel Batjer,… Read more »

Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), released the following statements after joining almost two hundred of their colleagues in sending a letter to the President and the Director of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) urging quick action to address the growing backlog of claims… Read more »

Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) – the Ranking Members of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees – requested an explanation from Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Dat Tran, regarding President Biden’s proposal to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with an additional $17 billion in his COVID-19 relief plan. “Congress provided… Read more »

Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after sending a letter to Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, regarding National Guard Members’ eligibility for GI Bill benefits following the Biden Administration’s recent termination of the national emergency declaration at the southern border. “The… Read more »