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March 27, 2025
nothing less than the gold standard in health care as well as full and complete benefits of the PACT Act and in every other respect the respect and responsibility that we have To disrespect them is un...Earlier this month Blumenthal and 21 of his Democratic colleagues introduced the Putting Veterans First Act comprehensive legislation to protect veterans military spouses and VA employees indiscriminately targeted...disability benefits side the increase in workforce that took place in recent years is to deal with the PACT Act increase in applicants for disability benefits Our veterans who have been exposed to burn pits and...
January 23, 2025
making it more difficult for veterans to access their earned benefits including those promised in the PACT Act The Senators pressed Trump for scaling back on VA employees rather than continuing efforts to address...Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano D CA are sending a letter today calling on Acting VA Secretary Todd Hunter to also exempt all VA employees from the hiring freeze The full text of...making it more difficult for veterans to access their earned benefits including those promised in the PACT Act Additionally there is no explicit exemption for employees serving the more than 9 2 million veterans...
April 28, 2021
During COVID 19 Act of 2021S 189 Veterans Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act of 2021S 219 Aid and Attendance Support Act of 2021S 437 Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021S 444 AUTO...AUTO for Veterans ActS 454 K2 Veterans Care Act of 2021S 458 Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2021S 565 Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021S 657 A bill to modify the presumption of...exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era and for other purposesS 731 Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act of 2021S 810 Fair...
November 17, 2025
takes real action not just words Through key pieces of legislation like the MISSION Act in 2018 and the landmark PACT Act for toxic exposed veterans in 2022 we are working together to deliver the support...
January 23, 2025
for our veterans which has been such a bipartisan cause particularly in seeking expansion of the PACT Act for toxic exposed veterans upgrading the VA facilities nationwide delivering more resources to prevent...making it harder for veterans to access their earned benefits including the benefits promised by the PACT Act And I will address this issue on a continuing basis with the nominee This nomination was voted out...for our veterans which has been such a bipartisan cause particularly in seeking expansion of the PACT Act for toxic exposed veterans upgrading the VA facilities nationwide delivering more resources to prevent...
May 21, 2025
employees who are important to carry out those laws The laws we passed already the PACT Act and the Elizabeth Dole Act They are going to be dead letter if we don t provide the resources for them to be implemented...understand why we re here today a lot of great legislation The CHAMPVA Children s Care Protection Act other measures that are important to advance the authority of the VA We still don t know the number...who are important to carrying out those laws So the laws we ve passed already the PACT Act and the Elizabeth Dole Act great bipartisan measures they re going to be dead letter if we don t provide the resources...
May 9, 2024
Affairs VA Office of Inspector General OIG findings that VA improperly awarded 10 8 million dollars in PACT Act Critical Skills Incentive CSI payments to senior executives in the VA Central Office This report...Secretary McDonough and Congress The critical skills incentive payments that were included in the PACT Act were meant to improve recruitment for difficult to fill positions across VA not to increase the...again The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics PACT Act of 2022 authorized VA to provide Critical Skills Incentive CSI payments to help VA retain employees...
March 6, 2025
Committee members emphasized the harm in reducing VA s workforce back to pre PACT Act levels Congress passed the Honoring Our PACT Act in 2022 which authorized the largest expansion of veterans benefits in decades...either became newly eligible for VA benefits or saw their benefits increase due to authorities in the PACT Act To meet the growth in demand and to deliver the care and benefits veterans earned Congress included...claims processing turnaround can be directly attributed to the growth in the workforce Returning to pre PACT levels explicitly goes against Congressional intent The Senators concluded their letter by demanding...
February 7, 2023
veterans during his address tonight I look forward to working with the administration to see that the PACT Act is implemented according to the law s intent Reducing veteran suicide and working to improve mental...is another bipartisan issue that this committee has worked to tackle Through the Commander Hannon Act working to increase the number of mental health peer support specialists making key improvements to...
September 18, 2024
Senate is finally going to act on this supplemental funding It is not the time for partisan politics or for misleading rhetoric about a manufactured crisis It is time to act to ensure that seven million...implementation of the PACT Act in light of the shortfall I m aware of the letters from my colleagues that are blasting the VA for moving too quickly to provide benefits under the PACT Act But the message I...
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