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The chair of the House Veterans Affairs Committee blasted VA officials at the end of a contentious hearing Wednesday declaring the "truce is over" after the Congressional committee ripped VA leaders for more frivolous spending on VA "boondoogles." Read more »

Scott Gould pushed Jeff Miller's buttons one time too many today. "The truce is over. Expect much more oversight from this committee," said Miller, the Florida congressman who chairs the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Read more »

On their face, the photos from an official Department of Veterans Affairs Facebook page displayed at a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday looked suspiciously like a junket. Read more »

The truce is over and expect more aggressive oversight in the coming months, a House committee chairman angrily told leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday. Read more »

Members of Congress angrily vowed Wednesday to crank its investigative floodlights far brighter on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, accusing agency leaders of dodging direct questions on travel and conference spending, failing to disclose a gathering in Las Vegas, and exhibiting “total incompetence” as veterans wait in record-long lines for medical help. Read more »

Despite repeated bipartisan requests made by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs regarding conference spending, foreign travel, and other information pertaining to VA healthcare and operations, senior VA officials admitted today that requests made by Congress are delayed internally, but that even when information is provided, it is frequently wrong. Stemming from an earlier… Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6374 to designate the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 180 Martin Drive in Carrollton, Georgia, as the “Trinka Davis Veterans Village.” The bill would name the VA community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Carrollton, Georgia, after Trinka Davis, a local leader who left part of her estate to be used to… Read more »

In the wake of a scathing inspector general’s report this fall, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs will hold a hearing Wednesday morning seeking more information on the amount of money spent on conferences by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read more »

Arthur Lute's arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, R-Onondaga Hill, was honored Thursday by Disabled American Veterans for her work on veterans' issues. Read more »