| Date Sent | Name | Subject | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20/25 | To Director Vought: Ending Financial Protections for Veterans Will Further Fraud and Crimes Ranking Member Blumenthal, along with Senators Duckworth and Hirono, and sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought demanding reconsideration of the Trump Administration’s decision to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which protects our veterans and servicemembers who deserve better than reckless, harmful policies that leave them vulnerable to financial predators. |
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Awaiting Response |
| 02/19/25 | To Secretary Collins: Mass Firings of VA Employees Will Harm Veterans and Their Families Ranking Member Blumenthal and 35 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Secretary Collins expressing outrage at the Administration’s termination of tens of thousands of workers across the government, including more than 1,000 VA employees, and urging him to immediately reinstate the dismissed employees and commit to no additional widespread terminations. |
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Unsatisfactory Response |
| 02/10/25 | To Secretary Collins: Exempt Board of Veterans' Appeals from "Return to In-Person Work" Mandate to Avoid Growing Backlog Ranking Member Blumenthal and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Takano sent a letter to Secretary Collins urging him to have the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) exempted from President Trump’s “Return to In-Person Work” executive order, as telework and remote work have been proven to increase productivity, improve case processing times, and reduce costs. |
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Unsatisfactory Response |
| 02/07/25 | To Secretary Collins: Resignation Offer for VA Employees Will Increase Wait Times for Veterans Ranking Member Blumenthal and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano sent a letter to Secretary Collins expressing concerns with the legality of the OPM “Fork in the Road” emails to federal employees, and the negative impact it could have on the delivery of care to veterans. It also asks for detailed information on the legal justification of the offer; its impacts on existing staff shortages; the estimated costs of this effort and how it will be paid; and the initial numbers of VA employees who have accepted buyout offers. |
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Unsatisfactory Response |
| 02/06/25 | To Secretary Collins: Deny DOGE Access to Veterans' Sensitive Information Ranking Member Blumenthal and 25 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Secretary Collins calling on him to immediately secure any personal and related information regarding veterans provided to Elon Musk and DOGE associates; deny and sever their access to any VA or other government system that includes information about veterans; and require them to immediately and permanently delete any information in their possession. |
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Unsatisfactory Response |
| 02/05/25 | To President Trump: Ending VA DEI Programs Will Make VA Less Accessible Ranking Member Blumenthal and Senators Duckworth, Hirono and Murray sent a letter to President Trump condemning his directive to dismantle programs aimed at making VA more accessible to all veterans, and calling on him to rescind that order. |
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Awaiting Response |
| 02/04/25 | To Secretary Collins: Oppose Harmful Directives to Veterans on Day One Ranking Member Blumenthal sent a letter to Secretary Collins calling on him to stand up for veterans on day one against the President’s harmful executive actions, including: exempting all VA positions from the hiring freeze; working with other federal agencies to ensure financial assistance programs for veterans are exempted from the funding freeze; working with President Trump to re-appoint Mike Missal as the VA Inspector General; and working with OPM and others to address directives that only serve to remove due process and employment rights from public servants. |
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Unsatisfactory Response |
| 01/31/25 | To President Trump: Reinstate VA Watchdog to Keep VA Accountable Ranking Member Blumenthal and 8 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump calling for the reinstatement of VA Inspector General Mike Missal, and expressing concerns with the legality of his firing and its negative impact on veterans and taxpayers. |
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Awaiting Response |
| 01/23/25 | To President Trump: Give VA a Hiring Freeze Exemption to Protect Veterans Ranking Member Blumenthal and 24 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump expressing outrage with the hiring freeze and calling for a full and immediate exemption for VA employees. |
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Awaiting Response |
