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Miller: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

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Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the President’s 2013 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs:  “Upon first glance, VA’s 2013 budget appears positive given today’s constrained fiscal environment, which is a good step forward. The focus, however, should be on…

Miller: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

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Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the President’s 2013 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs...

VA Fiduciary System Seriously Flawed

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Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (O&I) held an oversight hearing entitled, “Reforming VA’s Flawed Fiduciary System.” The VA’s approximately 95,000 appointed fiduciaries manage over $3 billion in payments made to more than 100,000 of our nation’s veterans and their dependents.  The hearing comes in light of recent…

VA and Sequestration: A Bad Combination

| Posted in News & Opinion

As it stands right now, sequestration of government programs is imminent. This is the consequence of years of bad decisions, coupled with the Joint Select Committee's (a.k.a. the Super Committee) failure to find $1.2 trillion dollars in deficit reductions over the next 10 years to avoid the scenario we now face.

Veterans affairs should be priority

| Posted in News & Opinion

Whatever rhetoric you’ve been hearing lately, most know the economy is not where we want it to be. But amidst the public outcry, political bickering, and pure speculation, priorities have been rearranged. On one hand, we must cut some spending and reevaluate programs to find saving measures.

Miller: Protect Veterans Healthcare First

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Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on President Obama’s Veterans Job Corps initiative...

Miller: Protect Veterans Healthcare First

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Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on President Obama’s Veterans Job Corps initiative: “I look forward to learning more about the President’s initiatives. Veterans deserve nothing less than to have the opportunity to gain meaningful employment and to be first in line for any existing jobs…

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