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Thousands of veterans struggling to find work across the nation will have a better chance to land a job under a measure the House unanimously passed Wednesday.

A landmark $1.7 billion package of veterans employment aid has passed Congress and is on its way to the White House, where President Obama has vowed to sign it into law.

At the center of the effort have been the chairs of the Veterans' Affairs Committee in each chamber: Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). Earlier this year, each began working on separate legislation designed to help unemployed ...

Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on the passage of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011: “After nearly a year of examining the rising veteran unemployment rates and vigorous oversight of programs to help America’s veterans find meaningful employment, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly… Read more »

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs met this week to discuss future spending by VA and how to better care for America’s veterans. Several Veterans Service Organizations provided the Committee with nine areas in which potential savings could be found to provide greater benefits and care within VA health and benefits programs. The recommendations, made to the Committee… Read more »

Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on the passage of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011... Read more »

Congress is getting ready to send President Barack Obama a bill helping government contractors and unemployed veterans that contains the first shred of his jobs plan likely to reach his desk for his signature.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marlin Stutzman (IN-03) and his colleagues on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs worked to identify potential ...

Veterans advocates said Tuesday it "doesn't pass the smell test" that senior officials with the ... Blake told the House Veterans Affairs Committee. ...

Major veterans organizations offered suggestions Tuesday on ways to cut the Veterans Affairs Department budget, including scaling back bonuses for executives, mandatory overtime, the size of administrative staff and a costly program for shredding documents.