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Secretary just saying no or me just saying no or me say ing Yes we are going to do it We are not going to act that way We are going to work together as a team We are going to decide what we need to do We are going...through that we had goals to accomplish and my goals were Caregivers My goals were getting the MISSION Act done My goals were doing a lot of things I know what Jerry s goals have been I know what Jon s goals...your leadership historicly but there is much more to do We do need to pass a Blue Water Navy Veterans Act We need to move on a number of other critical bills and I know you ad dressed that in your opening...
partnership in the many major acts of Congress passed in the recent years Mr Chairman Congress has infused VA with a 200 billion budget You have passed the Accountability Act to shake up complacency and...and you have passed the MISSION Act to strengthen VA s ability to ensure Veterans have access to the best care available when and where they need it As Secretary Mattis said when this Congress passed a 700...into the hardest hit areas America should be proud of their fellow citizens 2 Initial Assessment As Acting Secretary and Secretary of Veterans Affairs I met personally with the leaders of nine Veterans Service...
September 17, 2024
Community Relations Wounded Warrior Project is proud to support the Veterans Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024 to ensure that the Veterans Benefits Administration has the resources it needs to meet its...
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...
February 15, 2008
S Senator Daniel K Akaka D HI Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee that the Department has acted on his recommendation that a federal department or agency be notified whenever an employee who is...against the department or agency USERRA is the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act which protects veterans employment rights I commend the Department of Labor for improving communication...battle with the government they fought for just to have their employment rights respected DOL has acted on my recommendation without any legislative requirement and I appreciate that initiative said Senator...
September 19, 2024
the men and women who stepped up to serve said Chairman Tester This shortfall exists because the PACT Act is working for toxic exposed veterans and survivors in Montana and across the country and as a result...ever before This is what paying the true cost of war looks like and I m proud the Senate was able to act quickly today to ensure that seven million veterans and their families receive their benefit checks...supplemental funding bill to deliver veterans benefits on October 1st and pressed his colleagues to act quickly With more veterans and their families receiving VA health care and benefits than ever before...
March 29, 2023
extended until June of 2023 The Department of Veterans Affairs EHRM Standardization and Accountability Act would establish a rigorous list of requirements that VA must meet before the EHR system can be implemented...protect the health care needs of our veterans The Electronic Health Record Modernization Improvement Act will increase oversight of the electronic health record system and ensure no further sites go online...during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing earlier this month and questioned Neil C Evans VA Acting Program Executive Director EHR Modernization Integration Office The centers currently utilizing the...
September 20, 2024
supplemental funding bill to deliver veterans benefits on October 1st and pressed his colleagues to act quickly Following his urging the Senate passed the legislation yesterday with bipartisan support With...
September 26, 2024
supporter of veterans cemeteries and memorials Tester championed the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act in 2020 to help states territories and tribal governments cover the increasing costs of operating and...receiving plot allowances Additionally he shepherded the National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act of 2022 through Congress which allows for the National Cemetery Administration NCA to pay plot allowances...legislative push to memorialize veterans this Congress Tester coauthored the bipartisan Mark Our Place Act which would allow the NCA to furnish new headstones and markers for Medal of Honor recipients who served...
ants or organizations thereof as authorized by sec 18 tion 202 i of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 19 1946 2 U S C 4301 i and 20 2 not to exceed 16 500 may be expended for 21 the training of the...the professional staff of the com 22 mittee under procedures specified by section 202 j 23 of that Act 24 3 ROM19117 S L C b EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 PERIOD 1 The expenses of the committee for the period...ants or organizations thereof as authorized by sec 7 tion 202 i of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 8 1946 2 U S C 4301 i and 9 2 not to exceed 28 000 may be expended for 10 the training of the professional...
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