Yesterday, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the Committee’s hearing to assess the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system staffing levels:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I appreciate the opportunity today to discuss the staffing and hiring challenges V.A.… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced their recommendations for the VA medical facilities that should be modernized, realigned, or closed under the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act:
“For far too long, VA’s infrastructure has been… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the White House announced the President’s nominees for VA Undersecretary for Health and Undersecretary for Benefits, as well as for the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission, to consider changes to VA's health care infrastructure… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), a Member of the Subcommittee on Health, released the following statements after the House voted on H.R. 3967, the PACT Act:
“I regret that the House did not do right by post-9/11 veterans and pass the Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act today.… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the Rules Committee hearing on H.R. 3967, the Honoring Our PACT Act:
Thank you, Chairman McGovern and Ranking Member Cole.
For the second time this year, I am testifying today in opposition to a veterans’ bill.
I would prefer… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after introducing H.R. 6659, the Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act, yesterday. The Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act is bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand eligibility for VA care to post-9/11 combat veterans who were exposed to burn pits and… Read more »
House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee leaders Ranking Member Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.), and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), issued statements today following an annual report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on veterans homelessness data since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each… Read more »
This afternoon, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of today’s Committee markup of two bills, H.R. 6411, the STRONG Veterans Act, and H.R. 5575, as amended, the VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I hope that I can soon say this… Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the Committee marked up two bills, H.R. 6411, the STRONG Veterans Act, and H.R. 5575, as amended, the VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act:
“Veterans and servicemembers should feel no shame in taking care of their mental health. Over the past few… Read more »
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)… Read more »
