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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...

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...

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...

Blumenthal Senate House VA Committees Leaders Applaud Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Help Veterans Keep Their Homes Bipartisan bicameral legislation to help thousands of veterans using VA home loans avoid foreclosure...Department of Veterans Affairs VA home loans can keep their homes This bipartisan and bicameral legislation will assist veterans who are facing financial hardships and provide VA with a tool to better help...foreclosure The VA Home Loan Program provides one of the best benefits VA has to offer and has helped veterans and their families build home equity since its inception in 1944 Today we are empowering VA to establish...