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On Friday, October 14, 2011, the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Representatives Jeff Miller and Bob Filner, and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Senators Patty Murray and Richard Burr, submitted a joint letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The letter urges the… Read more »

Jeff Miller, R-Chumuckla, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. Miller said the legislation would "help a broad cross section of veterans to obtain or retain meaningful employment." A number of veterans service organizations endorsed the ...

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act Wednesday evening.

Four of the delegation members, including Denham, serve on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, and the lawmakers' focus was more on what will become of the US troops now serving than on the future of Afghanistan itself. ...

Roe, a Republican from Johnson City and a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said he arranged the trip for the five-person congressional delegation because he wanted to see what kind of care soldiers are getting not only in Afghanistan but

In a 418-6 vote, the House stands behinds veterans. (Click here to learn more about the VOW Act) The U.S. House of Representatives passed six pieces of veteran legislation with overwhelming bipartisan support this week (H.R. 2433, as amended; H.R. 2074, as amended; H.R. 2302, as amended; H.R. 2349, as amended; H.R. 1263, as amended; and H.R. 1025). “The House of Representatives… Read more »

Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs heard testimony from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on problems that have plagued the Miami VA Medical Center (VAMC) for years including patient safety, compliance, budget and leadership issues, as well as several recent incidents involving veteran deaths. Members of the Committee were clearly disturbed by trends, which have… Read more »

chairwoman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee's health panel and chief sponsor of the bill, said the number of assaults and VA's failure to keep nationwide records that would show the scope of the problem reflects a “fundamental weakness” in ...

Congressman Bob Filner (D-Calif.) today misrepresented the Taxpayer Protection Pledge on the floor of the U.S. House. ATR sets the record straight.

The legislation, sponsored by House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., would overhaul the military's Transition Assistance Program, ...