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May 6, 2025
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At Hearing, Blumenthal Takes VA Secretary Collins to Task: You Have Failed to Give Us Any Information or Answers
Collins failed to provide Blumenthal specific numbers or information on his plans to cut 83,000 VA employees and past firings; Blumenthal presses Collins: “You can fill the air with words, but what veterans deserve is action and accountability.”
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May 5, 2025
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Blumenthal, Senators Raise Alarm with Impact of Trump's Tariff Plan and Trade War on VA's Health Care System
“Services to America’s veterans must not be impacted by the Trump Administration’s failure to plan for this obvious outcome and become collateral damage in the President’s trade war and tariff tax on goods.”
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April 30, 2025
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Blunt Rochester, Blumenthal Announce Bill to Help Veterans Keep Their Homes, Replace Cancelled VASP Program
Ahead of Trump Admin’s abrupt planned May 1st cancellation, Senators call on VA Secretary Collins to extend VASP Program until new replacement program is signed into law to protect vulnerable veterans Senators will introduce legislation to replace the VASP Program and help thousands of veterans using VA home loans avoid foreclosure
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April 30, 2025
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At Hearing, Blumenthal Warns of Harm the Trump Administration's 83,000 "Nonsensical" VA Firings Will Have on Veterans' Mental Health Care
Blumenthal on planned firings of VA mental health care positions: “If we fire counselors and others doing outreach, it will cripple efforts to save veterans from suicide.”
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April 22, 2025
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Blumenthal Statement on Doug Collins' Religious Intolerance Task Force at VA
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April 9, 2025
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Blumenthal, Warren & Takano to Collins: Stop Pushing Thousands of Veterans into Foreclosure
Following Secretary Collins’ abrupt cancellation of program helping tens of thousands of veterans stay in their homes, Democratic lawmakers call on Collins to reverse his decision, avoid foreclosing on veterans
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April 9, 2025
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Senate Republicans Block Blumenthal, Duckworth & Sanders' Resolutions to Reverse Damage from Trump-Musk Attacks on Veterans
Senate Republicans blocked three resolutions to reverse the Trump Administrations’ cuts and firings for VA and veterans across the federal government
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April 8, 2025
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Blumenthal, Takano, Lawmakers Demand Collins Exempt VA Employees from Trump's "Retaliatory" Executive Order to Strip Federal Employees' Labor Rights
“This Administration’s goal seems aimed at silencing dissent, paving the way for mass firings, discouraging whistleblowers, and retaliating against unions that have stepped up to defend employees’ rights in the face of DOGE attacks.”
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April 4, 2025
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Blumenthal Slams Trump Administration for Cutting Program Helping Thousands of Veterans Stay in Their Homes
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April 3, 2025
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Blumenthal, Murkowski, Pingree Lead Bipartisan Push to Support Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to strengthen MST survivors’ care and benefits during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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