Feb262013
Press Releases
Feb 12, 2013
Chairman Miller Statement Regarding President Obama's 2013 SOTU Address
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement ahead of President Obama’s State of the Union address...
Feb 6, 2013
Senate and House Veterans’ Committee Leaders Fault VA and DoD on Integrated Health Record System
he chairmen and ranking members of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs today faulted the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs for backing off...
Feb 6, 2013
Miller Aims to Extend Veterans Retraining Program through June 2014
Today, Chairman Jeff Miller (FL-01) introduced the VRAP Extension Act of 2013. The bill would extend the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) through June 30, 2014...
Feb 6, 2013
Witnesses Allege VA Complacency in Deadly Pittsburgh Legionnaires’ Outbreak
At a hearing today investigating a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak among patients of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS), Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations (O&I) Chairman Rep. Mike Coffman (CO-06) blasted Department of Veterans Affairs...
Feb 1, 2013
Chairman Miller's Response to New VA Suicide Report
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement in response to the new Department of Veterans Affairs report on veteran suicides...
Feb 1, 2013
Chairman Miller: We Must Do More to Help Veterans Find Jobs
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on the latest unemployment report...
Jan 30, 2013
Statement by Chairman Miller Honoring the Life of Gordon H. Mansfield
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement honoring the life of former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon H. Mansfield...
Jan 23, 2013
Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Michaud Introduce Bipartisan GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013
Today, Chairman Jeff Miller (FL-01) and Ranking Member Mike Michaud (ME-02) of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R. 357) that would require schools eligible for GI Bill education benefits to give...
Jan 15, 2013
Committee Leadership Applauds Wal-Mart Initiative
Today, Chairman Jeff Miller (FL-01) of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Vice-Chairman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) praised Wal-Mart for its decision to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years...
Jan 10, 2013
Veterans Bills Become Law
Today, two veterans bills, H.R. 4057, the Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012, as amended, and S. 3202, the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 were signed into law by President Obama. Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs issued the following statement...
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