Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed four bipartisan veterans’ bills this week:
“Each of the bipartisan bills the House passed this week would expand economic and education opportunities for veterans and their families by cutting back the red tape and making programs at VA work better for them,”… 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, the House of Representatives met to consider H.R. 9468, the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, which would provide $3 billion in mandatory funding for certain veteran benefits and holds the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for its egregious budgeting errors that caused the unprecedented shortfall. The measure was approved by… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the Committee’s business meeting to vote on a resolution to subpoena documents related to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Implementation of Executive Order (EO) 14019 and its Related Interagency Agreement with the Michigan Department of State.
I now… 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 Committee’s oversight hearing entitled, “Accountable or Absent?: Examining VA Leadership Under the Biden-Harris Administration,” which will discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) accountability culture. Including, whether VA leaders… Read more »
Today, House Appropriations Committee Member Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.), joined by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.), Appropriations Committee Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Judge Carter (R-Texas), Appropriations Committee Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Member Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), and House… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a second letter the Committee sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and inappropriate interpersonal relationships at the Mountain Home, Tennessee VA Medical Center (Mountain Home VA) that were brought to the… 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.), released the following statement on the three-year anniversary of the Abbey Gate terrorist attack following the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 13 U.S. servicemembers and had a profound impact on the veteran community:
“Three years ago, the world watched as the Biden-Harris… Read more »
Last week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following remarks, as prepared, at the AMVETS 2024 National Convention in Springfield, Illinois.
Good afternoon, everyone!
I am honored to be here today in my home state of Illinois.
I would first like to recognize National… Read more »
