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Press Releases
Sep 21, 2012
Subcommittee Looks to Texas Model to Address Backlog
Today, the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) held a hearing entitled, “Breaking Through the Backlog...
Sep 21, 2012
Leave No One Behind
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement in recognition of National POW/MIA Recognition Day...
Sep 20, 2012
| Issues: Veterans
Subcommittee Examines TAP 2.0, Finds Shortfalls
Today, the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held an oversight hearing entitled, “Examining the Re-Design of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP)...
Sep 20, 2012
| Issues: Veterans
Mental Health Care and Accountability Major Concerns at VA
Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs questioned officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on vital programs including the perennially growing disability claims...
Sep 19, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
House Ensures Veterans Programs Won’t Expire
Today, the House of Representatives passed two veterans bills to ensure vital VA programs don’t expire at the end of the fiscal year and to protect veterans from fraud within VA....
Sep 14, 2012
| Issues: Health Care, Veterans
Stakeholders Lose Confidence in VA Fee-Basis Care
Today, the Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled, “VA Fee Basis Care: Examining Solutions to a Flawed System.” The hearing was in response to findings that the current...
Sep 14, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
Miller: Easy Decision on VA Sequester, Long Overdue
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the Administration’s exemption of all VA accounts...
Sep 13, 2012
| Issues: Veterans
Chairman Miller Congratulates U.S. Veteran Paralympians
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement congratulating the veterans of the Paralympics team who represented the...
Sep 12, 2012
Miller: Time for a Decision
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on the pending sequester of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
Sep 11, 2012
| Issues: Education, Veterans
House Expands Education Resources and Restricts VA Executive Bonuses
Today, on the 11th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the House of Representatives reaffirmed its promises to America’s veterans by overwhelmingly passing bipartisan...
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