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January 7, 2026
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Blumenthal Demands Answers From VA Secretary on Staggering Increase of Sexual Harassment & Assault Reports at VA
Senator’s letter follows Collins’ inactivation of required harassment prevention and accountability training for VA workers
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December 23, 2025
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Blumenthal Slams Secret Trump Administration Memo Ending Life-Saving Abortion Care for Veterans
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December 22, 2025
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Blumenthal, Democratic Colleagues Introduce Sweeping Veterans Bill to Reform & Improve VA Health Care
Senators’ Honor Act will strengthen VA’s ability to recruit high quality employees, make major investments in its aging facilities, and ensure veterans receive quality care at VA and in the community
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December 19, 2025
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Blumenthal, Senators Demand Answers on Trump VA's Plan to Eliminate Tens of Thousands of Health Care Jobs
“At a time when veterans are already facing widespread cuts in their access to health care from H.R. 1, skyrocketing health insurance premiums from expiring enhanced premium tax credits, and forced closures of rural hospitals, VA needs to be expanding its capacity and staffing levels, not reducing them.”
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December 19, 2025
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Blumenthal Statement on Senate Confirmation of Trump Loyalist John Bartrum to Lead VA's Health Care System
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December 18, 2025
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Blumenthal, Schumer & Colleagues Call on Independent Watchdog to Investigate Impact of Republicans' Health Care-Cutting Agenda on Veterans & Their Families
Senators call on Government Accountability Office to examine impact on veterans from Republican health care cuts and skyrocketing health care premiums.
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December 13, 2025
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Blumenthal Statement on Trump VA's Plan to Eliminate More Than 35,000 Health Care Jobs
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December 10, 2025
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Blumenthal Speaks on Urgent Need For Senate Republicans to Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits, Warns of Harm to Veterans
At hearing, Senator emphasized how 267,000 veterans are set to lose health care if Republicans allow Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits to expire
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December 10, 2025
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Blumenthal, Moran, Hirono & Boozman Lead Effort to Expand Veterans' Access to Lifesaving Breast Cancer Screenings
Senators introduce legislation to expand VA’s capacity to conduct lifesaving mammography nationwide
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December 4, 2025
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Top Watchdog Confirms VA Mental Health Care Staffing Shortages & Increased Waitimes Following Trump Cuts: "They Are Losing Clinical Staff Because Morale Is Going Down"
At hearing, witnesses testified how veterans are experiencing increased wait times to receive mental health care & detailed the impact of tanking morale on staffing shortages