Press Releases
Oct 9, 2012
| Issues: Economy, Veterans
Miller, Burr Call for Removal of VA Chief of Staff
Friday, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Senator Richard Burr, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, called on VA...
Oct 3, 2012
| Issues: Veterans
American Legion Presents Legislative Priorities to Congress
Today, during a joint hearing, the members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs heard testimony from The American Legion...
Oct 1, 2012
| Issues: Veterans
Miller Calls on VA to Take Responsibility for Errant Spending
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on the final findings of VA’s Office of Inspector General investigation...
Sep 28, 2012
| Issues: Education, Veterans
Miller: VRAP Demand Indicative of Success and Need
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on the approval of 45,000 veterans for the Veterans Retraining Assistance...
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...
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