Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), and House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.), released the following statements… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the House Committee on Rules hearing on two House Republican bills that will be considered on the House floor this week, H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, led by Chairman Bost and H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson… Read more »
Ahead of House Floor consideration this week of Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) and House Republicans landmark bill, H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, the bill’s namesakes, the Briley and Edmundson family’s published the below opinion piece underscoring the impact the proposed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits increases in the… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led by Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), reported out 16 bills to be eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives. Remarks on each of these bills can be found here.
“From advancing new ideas to expand the reach of VA’s mental health and TBI healthcare services, to bringing needed accountability to VA’s budget… Read more »
Today, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s oversight hearing to examine the delivery of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) pension, fiduciary, and life insurance benefit programs… Read more »
This week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) confirmed that veterans with fiduciaries who, due to seeking help managing their VA benefits, were previously automatically added to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Full Committee’s oversight hearing to discuss how under the leadership of Secretary Collins, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) has made landmark progress in reducing the VA disability compensation benefits backlog – which has… Read more »
Today, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared at the start the subcommittee’s markup on 7 proposed bills that seek to promote better tracking and bring back accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Board of… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), released the following joint statement after Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins announced that the agency will offer $112 million dollars in grants for organizations through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program in… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Committee held a legislative hearing to discuss the 27 bills as part of the Committee’s reauthorization initiative to review, improve, and reauthorize specific programs and sectors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) – many of which have not been comprehensively… Read more »
