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Today, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the hearing schedule for October 9 – 13.  The following events are open to the press: WHO: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity WHAT: Legislative Hearing WHEN: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 11, 2017  WHERE: 334 Cannon House Office Building and streaming here.   WHO: House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs WHAT: Markup of… Read more »

Today, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the hearing schedule for October 2 – 6.  No events are scheduled for this week. Read more »

Chairman Roe and Ranking Member Walz penned this op-ed on ArmyTimes.com. September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and as legislators and leaders of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, we have a duty to ensure veterans contemplating ending their lives have access to the tools and resources they need to know they are not alone. Recent data released by the… Read more »

Today, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Brian Mast (R-Mich.) released the following statements after the House passed legislation introduced by Rep. Mast this morning to extend a number of expiring authorities at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): “The heroic men and women that I fought alongside in our Armed Forces have earned the very best care our country has to offer,… Read more »

Today, Reps. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) and Tim Walz (D-Minn.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, respectively, released the following statements after the House passed Roe and Walz’s resolution to authorize the creation of a commemorative coin in honor of The American Legion’s 100 years of service to America’s veterans. "Since 1919, The American… Read more »

Today, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the hearing schedule for September 25 – 29.  WHO: Subcommittee on Health WHAT: Legislative Hearing on “H.R. 93; H.R. 501; H.R. 1063; H.R. 1066; H.R. 1943; H.R. 1972;  H.R. 2147; H.R. 2225; H.R. 2327; and, a draft bill to make certain improvements in VA’s Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program” WHEN: 10:00 a.m.,… Read more »

Today, Chairman Phil Roe, MD (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump proclaimed September 15, 2017, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day: “At every hearing of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, a chair draped with the official POW/MIA flag remains empty in honor of the men and women who put on the uniform to serve and never returned home. It is a… Read more »

Today, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the hearing schedule for September 18 – 22. The following event is open to the press: WHO: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations WHAT: An Assessment of Leadership Failures at the Manchester, NH VA Medical Center WHEN: 10:30 a.m. ET, Monday, September 18, 2017  WHERE: New Hampshire National Guard Edward Cross Training Complex,… Read more »

Today, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the hearing schedule for September 11 – 15. The following events are open to the press: WHO: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations WHAT: “VA Mail Management: The Case of the $11,257 Package” WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 12, 2017  WHERE: 334 Cannon House Office Building and streaming here. BACKGROUND: The hearing will… Read more »

Today, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the hearing schedule for August 28 – September 1. The following event is open to the press: WHO: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations WHAT: “VA Home Telehealth: Looking Behind the Numbers” WHEN: 8:30 a.m. ET, Wednesday, August 30, 2017  WHERE: Garfield Charter Township Board Room, 3848 Veterans Drive, Traverse City, MI… Read more »