Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed 14 bipartisan veterans’ bills this week:
“Fourteen bills mean fourteen wins for veterans and their families. The bills the House passed this week address a range of issues from: improving education and job training benefits, expanding access to health… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (NDAA) 2026, which included key Transition Assistance Program (TAP) reforms Chairman Bost secured to add accountability in the… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), released the following joint statement regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recent decision that VA will no longer offer abortion services,… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Chairman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), released the following statements after President Trump signed Rep. Van Orden’s bill, H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, into law.
H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, will create a partial claim… Read more »
This week, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led by Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), reported out 25 bills to be eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives, including one of House Republicans top bill priorities, H.R. 740, the Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act – forward thinking legislation to build on both the… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led by Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), reported out 25 bills to be eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives. Remarks on each of these bills can be found here.
“From ending the Biden-era control over veterans’ healthcare choice, to modernizing the VA disability compensation benefits and appeals process, to… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), released the following joint statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, landmark legislation to establish a Department… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins announced that VA will not pursue a large-scale reduction-in-force (RIF) for VA staff:
“From the very beginning I have long said that I had full confidence in Secretary Collins and the Trump administration to make the… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3944, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, legislation to fully fund the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Fiscal Year 2026, which included key priorities Chairman Bost secured alongside House… 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 listen to organizations who are doing important work with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) to make the TAP program work better for servicemembers transitioning to… Read more »
