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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 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 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
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November 24, 2025
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Blumenthal & Takano Press VA Secretary Collins to Immediately Increase Funding for Critical Program Housing Homeless Veterans
Committee leaders call on Trump VA to follow the law and increase reimbursement rates for organizations serving more than 25,000 homeless veterans
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November 19, 2025
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Blumenthal & Ramirez Lead Legislative Push to Protect VA Worker Rights
Lawmakers’ Right to Representation for VA Workers Act will codify essential labor rights for VA employees in response to violations by the Trump Administration
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November 14, 2025
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Blumenthal, Murkowski, Schumer & Ramirez Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore VA Employees' Collective Bargaining Rights
Lawmakers aim to restore VA employees’ labor rights following the Trump Administration’s illegal nullification of VA contracts with unions