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Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on VA’s announcement to hire additional mental health practitioners... Read more »

Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a hearing entitled “From the Inside Out: A Look at Claims Representatives’ Role in the Disability Claims Process” to determine if veterans who receive competent representation fare better in VA’s disability claims process than those without, and if those with representation make the system more… Read more »

Calling the slow progress on the much-delayed Orlando VA Medical Center "unacceptable," U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, chastised VA officials as she toured the construction site Monday. Read more »

Officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs think they would be safe from automatic, across-the-board budget reductions set to take effect in January. But they aren’t positive. Read more »

-- Ryan Lundeby returned home in 2010 not able to communicate with his wife, an effect of post traumatic stress after serving four years in the Army as an Airborne Ranger, including three deployments in Iraq and two in Afghanistan. Read more »

A good number of the 80,000 veterans living in the northern San Joaquin Valley are completely unaware of the mental health services available to them through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read more »

As thousands of additional veterans seek mental health care every month, the Department of Veterans Affairs is short of psychiatrists, with 20% vacancy rates in much of the country served by VA hospitals, according to department data Read more »

The Veterans Administration Medical Center being built in Lake Nona is now costing double the original price tag, and is facing several design and oversight issues. Read more »

This week, the Committee held a hearing to examine ongoing VA construction projects. Veterans depend on care through these facilities, and yet out of the four major hospital construction projects underway across the country, two are at least two years behind and both are over budget... Read more »

As thousands of disabled or wounded Americans leave the military after service in Iraq or Afghanistan, pressure is building on government agencies and volunteer groups to improve their often difficult transition back to civilian life. Read more »