Sort by Relevance | Date |
Result 21 - 30 of 4390 |
September 11, 2024
Ranking Member Minority News Following Tester Gillibrand Push VA to Fix Outdated Disability Benefits Regulations for Toxic Exposed Veterans VA moves to fix how toxic exposed veterans receive disability benefits...benefits for service connected constrictive bronchitis VA s reforms directly answer Senators call to ensure these veterans receive the benefits they earned Wednesday September 11 2024 U S Senate Following...Veterans Affairs VA announced yesterday it is moving to update outdated benefits regulations for toxic exposed veterans with constrictive bronchiolitis a service connected conditions added as VA presumptive...
January 23, 2025
News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Stresses Concerns with VA Hiring Freeze Ahead of Vote to Advance VA Secretary Nominee Doug Collins Thursday January 23 2025 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator...Collins nominee to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs out of Committee During his remarks Blumenthal stressed his concerns about a hiring freeze at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA issued by President...to working with Collins to address this issue I m going to support Doug Collins to be our next VA Secretary I was impressed by many of his answers and commitments to continue the forward progress for our...
October 11, 2024
Ranking Member Minority News Tester Takano Blumenthal Call on VA to Ensure Toxic Exposed K 2 Veterans Receive Earned Benefits In a letter to VA group presses for review of toxic exposure related service connected...Affairs VA to use authorities granted to VA by the PACT Act to ensure veterans who served at the Karshi Khanabad K 2 Air Base in Uzbekistan receive the benefits they have earned The members requested VA utilize...the impact of radiation exposure on veterans who served at K 2 Since being signed in to law in 2022 VA has used authorities under the PACT Act to expand presumptive service connections for several groups...
January 22, 2025
on Trump s VA Hiring Freeze This will be Your First Test Committee s top Democrat pressed Collins to push back against proposals harmful to veterans including a hiring freeze on critical VA health care...During a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on the nomination of Doug Collins to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT pressed Collins to push back against...could impact the Department of Veterans Affairs VA I was disappointed to see in the executive orders that a hiring freeze will be imposed apparently on the VA and I am hopeful that you Congressman Collins...
August 28, 2024
Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Tester Presses VA Montana to Improve Care for Native Veterans Tester calls on VA Montana to prioritize delivering culturally competent health care for...is pressing VA Montana leadership to improve its delivery of culturally competent health care to Native American veterans in Montana I write today to encourage Montana VA Health Care System VA Montana leadership...Tribes and veterans across Montana wrote Senator Tester in a letter to VA Montana Executive Director Duane Gill Tester highlighted steps VA has made in recent years to increase Native veterans access to their...
August 5, 2024
Access to VA Military Sexual Trauma Resources and Care Tester doubles down on call pressing Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments to ensure servicemembers receive education on available VA MST resources...at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA and Department of Defense DOD to take immediate action to ensure servicemembers who have experienced MST are aware of the VA resources and care available to them...at VA s Vet Centers or their potential eligibility to receive MST related services at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics wrote Senator Tester in a letter to DOD Secretary Lloyd Austin and VA Secretary...
November 14, 2025
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...protect Department of Veterans Affairs VA employees collective bargaining rights in response to the Trump Administration s cancellation of union contracts for 80 of VA employees We must erase Trump s unlawful...unlawful executive orders restricting VA workers rights to collective bargaining said Ranking Member Blumenthal VA worker rights are essential to imposing proper oversight and scrutiny and providing veterans...
April 29, 2026
Hearing Blumenthal Presses VA for Transparency Over the PACT Act Presumptive Process Witnesses relay support for Senator s legislation to provide clarity for veterans impacted by VA decisions regarding presumptive...legislation Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT pressed Department of Veterans Affairs VA Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits Margarita Devlin for greater transparency surrounding the Department s...Presumptive CLARITY Act requires the VA to publish information about conditions and cohorts it is considering for the purpose of removing toxic exposure related benefits It requires VA to educate veterans on how...
September 10, 2025
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Takes Trump VA Nominee to Task over Failure to Commit to Protecting Veterans Benefits from Claw Backs I m Really Disturbed...hearing Blumenthal grills nominee to lead the Veterans Benefits Administration on her role in cancelling VA contracts and inability to denounce proposals to claw back veterans benefits Wednesday September 10...the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Under Secretary for Benefits Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT grilled Brazell on her role as senior advisor to VA Secretary Doug Collins and her inability to...
June 14, 2024
Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News VA Expands Toxic Exposed Veterans Eligibility for Benefits Using Tester s PACT Act VA adds three new cancers to its presumptive conditions list...Veterans Affairs VA today added three new cancer types to its list of service connected disabilities presumed to be caused by military toxic exposure Presumptive service connection ensures VA automatically...veterans VA s move was done under Tester s PACT Act which created a framework that enables VA to further expand presumptive service connection benefits for toxic exposed veterans Prior to the PACT Act VA s ability...
| Prev | Next |
