Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), released the following letter they sent to Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth regarding the Army’s indefinite suspension of the Caisson Platoon at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) for military funeral services.
“Too many of our… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a second letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough about the lack of transparency from the department surrounding the implementation of the Biden-Harris administration’s Executive Order (EO) 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting.” VA had announced that it was partnering… Read more »
This week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following remarks as the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4136, a bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic in Plano, Texas, as the “U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic,” to memorialize the life, work, and legacy of former Prisoner of War,… Read more »
Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s joint oversight hearing with the House Committee on Small Business to discuss what more Congress can do to support and expand opportunities for veteran-owned business… Read more »
Today, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s oversight hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) quality and training practices regarding… Read more »
Today, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s oversight hearing to assess the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) deployment of the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system at the Captain James A. Lovell… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter and statement in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) informing Congress that it may be facing a budget shortfall approaching $15 billion across the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2024 and FY 2025.
This represents by far the largest budget shortfall that VA has… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter in light of the alarming recent reports about the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eastern Colorado Health Care System in Aurora, Colorado. Last month, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) published two reports and the VA Office of Medical Inspector (OMI) published one about… Read more »
Today, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, alongside Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding recent concerning comments from a Department… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter and statement in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) lack of transparency surrounding the rollout of the White House’s Executive Order (EO) 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting,” which has led VA to promote greater access to voter registration in three specific states:… Read more »
