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June 28, 2022
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Tester’s Bill to Increase Transparency of VA Health Record Modernization Signed into Law
Bipartisan, bicameral bill to hold VA accountable and increase transparency of the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization program
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June 27, 2022
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Tester, Manchin, Rounds, Colleagues Statement on Bipartisan Opposition to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission Process
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June 23, 2022
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House Passes Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Priorities as Part of Comprehensive Mental Health Package
Seven Senate bills advance as part of House’s STRONG Veterans Act—including Chairman’s Post-9/11 Veterans’ Mental Health Care Improvement Act and REACH for Veterans Act
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June 23, 2022
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Following Tester Push, VA Deploys Mobile Vet Centers in Montana
Mobile Vet Centers deployed to Gardiner-Livingston, Red Lodge, and Fromberg to provide critical mental health services to communities and veterans affected by historic flooding
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June 21, 2022
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What They Are Saying: President Biden & Veterans Service Organizations Praise Tester, Moran’s Bipartisan Toxic Exposure Bill
Chairman and Ranking Member’s bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act one step closer to law following Senate passage
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June 18, 2022
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Tester Pushes VA to Bolster Emergency Response and Support to Montana Veterans and Communities Affected by Historic Floods
Senator calls on Department to use its Fourth Mission to provide critical aid to affected communities and veterans
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June 17, 2022
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BREAKING: Tester, Moran’s Bipartisan Toxic Exposure Bill Passes Senate
Senators championed historic bill to deliver all eras of toxic-exposed veterans their earned VA health care and benefits for the first time in the nation’s history
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June 15, 2022
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On Floor, Tester Urges Senate to Settle America’s Debts and Finally Pass his Bipartisan Toxic Exposure Legislation
Chairman: “This body has a chance to do the right thing by their families and future generations of our all-volunteer military by advancing the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act.”
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June 14, 2022
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At Budget Hearing, Tester Questions VA Secretary McDonough on Meeting Needs of Toxic-Exposed Veterans
VA Secretary confirmed hiring of additional claims personnel to address increase of toxic exposure-related claims under Chairman’s bipartisan toxic exposure bill
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June 10, 2022
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In Bozeman, Tester and Local Veterans Urge Quick Action on Bipartisan Toxic Exposure Legislation
Chairman underscored urgent need to pass his Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act for Montana’s toxic-exposed veterans