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 first oversight hearing to examine the VA’s failure to give veterans any due process before violating their Constitution right to bear arms.
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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Committee’s oversight hearing entitled, “Restoring Focus: Putting Veterans First in Community Care,” to discuss the importance of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based healthcare program – created by the bipartisan MISSION Act… Read more »
Today, following convening the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for its official Organizational Meeting for the 119th Congress, Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), issued the following statement announcing the Committee’s full membership, five subcommittee chair assignments, and subcommittee membership assignments for the 119th Congress:
“The legacy of the Biden-Harris administration is… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), alongside lawmakers in both the House and the Senate, introduced legislation to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) authority to hold poor-performing employees accountable.
In 2017, Congress passed the VA Accountability and… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), published the below opinion piece in Military Times to show his support for incoming President Trump’s nomination of Navy and Air Force veteran, and former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins to serve as the twelfth Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during the incoming Trump administration. Tomorrow,… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), announced the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs senior staff that will serve in the 119th Congress.
Full Committee:
Jon Clark – Staff Director
Steve Gonzalez – Deputy Staff Director & Director of Member Services
Katy Flynn – General Counsel
Kathleen McCarthy – Communications Director
Noah Barger –… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after he announced the Republican Members who will serve on the Committee for the 119th Congress:
“Whether it’s their own military service to experience in small business ownership, healthcare, and local government, I have no doubt that our Republican Committee Members for the… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after President Biden officially signed S. 141, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, into law. In the House, Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), led the Committee’s bipartisan, bicameral flagship veterans’ package for the 118th… Read more »
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the seventh letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough on the mismanagement by the Biden-Harris administration’s top leadership at the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) program. The Digital GI Bill was intended to automate and streamline veterans’… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Committee’s final oversight hearing of the 118th Congress on restoring congressional power over the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) following the Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo:
The Committee will… Read more »
