| 04/02/25 |
To Secretary Collins: Protect Labor Rights of VA Employees Ranking Member Blumenthal and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Takano, along with 21 Senate Democrats and 106 House Democrats sent a letter to Secretary Collins urging him to exempt VA employees from President Trump’s executive order which eliminates collective bargaining at VA and other agencies. Under this directive, up to 425,000 veterans across the government have been stripped of their labor rights. |
- Workforce
- Trump Admin Harm
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Satisfactory Response
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| 03/28/25 |
To Secretary Collins: Detailed Schedule and Cost Estimate for VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Chairman Moran and Ranking Member Blumenthal, along with 6 other colleagues from the Senate and House, sent a letter to Secretary Collins requesting the cost estimate and schedule of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Record Modernization program. |
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Satisfactory Response
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| 03/14/25 |
To Secretary Collins and Secretary Rubio: Elimination of DEIA Programs and Office of Equity Assurance Creates Difficulties for Veterans to Access Benefits Ranking Member Blumenthal and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Takano sent a letter to Secretary Collins and Secretary Rubio requesting that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs permanently reinstate the authority, functionality, responsibilities, research, and personnel of the Office of Equity Assurance. Its abrupt closure, brought on when Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility programs within the Federal government were eliminated by an executive order by President Trump, will make it harder for veterans to access their earned benefits. |
- Benefits
- Mental Health
- Trump Admin Harm
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Unsatisfactory Response
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| 03/11/25 |
To Secretary Collins: Reverse VA Contract Cuts Affecting Timely Delivery of PACT Act Benefits Ranking Member Blumenthal, Senator Gillibrand, and 16 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Secretary Collins requesting he reverse his planned decision to cancel critical contracts that support VA’s implementation of the PACT Act that delivers benefits and care to veterans. |
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Satisfactory Response
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| 03/10/25 |
To Secretary Collins: Massive Terminations Will Cripple Veterans' Ability to Receive PACT Act and Other Benefits Ranking Member Blumenthal and 24 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Secretary Collins highlighting the disastrous potential impacts of reducing VA workforce to 2019 levels including harming implementation of the PACT Act and other massive improvements to veterans’ benefits and health care since 2019. |
- Benefits
- Workforce
- PACT Act
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Unsatisfactory Response
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| 03/06/25 |
To Secretary Collins: Terminating 83,000 VA Employees Will Quickly Endanger Veterans' Access to Benefits Ranking Members Blumenthal, Takano, and Wasserman Schultz and all of their 18 Democrat Members of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs sent a letter to Secretary Collins expressing their extreme concerns with the Collins plan to reduce VA’s workforce to 2019 levels. |
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Unsatisifactory Response
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| 03/04/25 |
To Secretary Collins: Withdraw From Efforts to Dismantle VA's Purchasing Card Program Ranking Member Blumenthal and Senator King sent a letter to Secretary Collins expressing concerns over his proposed plan to dramatically limit usage of the VA purchase card program and highlighting the negative impact of this proposal on veterans and their families. |
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Satisfactory Response
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| 02/27/25 |
To President Trump: Veterans Are Now Facing Challenges to Access Mental Health Resources Ranking Member Blumenthal and 12 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump highlighting the negative impacts of the Administration’s executive actions on veterans’ mental health care, and demanding he reverse these actions. |
- Workforce
- Mental Health
- Trump Admin Harm
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Awaiting Response
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| 02/27/25 |
To President Trump: Reinstate Illegally Fired Veterans, Military Personnel, 2,400 VA Employees Ranking Member Blumenthal and 21 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump highlighting the negative impacts of the Administration’s actions on the nation’s military and veteran community and demanding he reinstate those who have been illegally fired with full back pay and benefits. |
- Workforce
- Trump Admin Harm
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Unsatisfactory Response
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| 02/24/25 |
To Secretary Collins: Reverse the Hiring Freeze to Prevent Disruptions to Research that Improves Veteran Health Outcomes Ranking Member Blumenthal and Senator Murray sent a letter to Secretary Collins calling on him to reverse the hiring freeze and any related personnel decisions to prevent disruptions to VA research programs. |
- Workforce
- Trump Admin Harm
- Research
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Satisfactory Response
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