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June 17, 2022
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 Friday June 17 2022 U S Senate...from the Department of Veterans Affairs VA for the first time in the nation s history The Senators worked for months with colleagues from both chambers VA Secretary Denis McDonough the Biden Administration...deployments Our nation s veterans and their families will no longer have to fear being turned away from the VA for illnesses related to toxic exposures Passing bipartisan toxic exposure legislation has been a priority...
January 22, 2025
pressed Doug Collins the nominee to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs to commit to protecting veterans access to reproductive care under the Department of Veterans Affairs VA current rule to offer abortion counseling...Dobbs era Following the Dobbs v Jackson Women s Health Organization decision which repealed Roe v Wade VA published a rule in 2022 to allow abortion counseling and care in cases of rape incest and the endangerment...pregnant veteran Before this rulemaking there was a complete ban on abortion care and counseling at VA even if a pregnancy was endangering a veterans life or a veteran had been raped During his questioning...
June 8, 2026
injured veterans their full military benefits has been blocked by Senate Republican leaders despite Secretary Hegseth support Monday June 8 2026 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Richard Blumenthal D CT Ranking Member...Star Act on the Senate Floor and plan on forcing votes on the legislation during the NDAA markup Secretary Pete Hegseth supports the legislation 79 Republican and Democrat Senators cosponsor it 59 000 combat...not be forced to sacrifice important VA benefits to correct this DOD injustice At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in April Department of Defense DoD Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged the Department...
December 13, 2025
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Statement on Trump VA s Plan to Eliminate More Than 35 000 Health Care Jobs Saturday December 13 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate...Affairs VA this month including unfilled positions for doctors nurses and support staff VA Secretary Collins continued cuts to VA s workforce are incomprehensible and inexcusable At a time where VA has already...access to care for veterans Secretary Collins must be held accountable and immediately provide Congress and veterans more information around these secret plans to shrink VA s essential workforce amid the...
July 7, 2025
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News Chairman Moran Statement on VA s Workforce Announcement Monday July 7 2025 WASHINGTON U S Senator Jerry Moran Kan chairman of the...statement today after the Department of Veterans Affairs VA announced that they will not be conducting a Reduction in Force RIF I spoke with Secretary Collins this morning regarding his plans to forgo a large...changes at the VA and ensure the department is focused on providing high quality health care and benefits to those who have served and their families This decision provides greater certainty to VA employees...
June 24, 2025
Hospital Guideline Changes It is your duty to answer to veterans the public and Congress as to why VA is sowing confusion and potentially putting veterans at risk and jeopardizing the Department s medical...his colleagues to demand the Trump Administration s Department of Veterans Affairs VA explain why it changed certain VA Medical Center bylaws in a way that could invite discrimination against veteran patients...recent reporting detailing how the Trump Administration secretly changed guidelines in a way that leaves VA providers and patients with ambiguity regarding whether certain protected traits including their political...
October 20, 2005
Terms Search Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Hearings Home Hearings Information and Technology at the VA Is it ready for the 21st century October 20 2005 10 00 AM Russell Senate Office Building SR 418 Member...Mr Jack McCoy Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management VBA Accompanying Gordon Mansfield Honorable Robert N McFarland Assistant Secretary for Information Technology and Chief...86 56 KB Honorable Gordon H Mansfield Deputy Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs will be accompanied by Honorable Robert N McFarland Assistant Secretary for Information Technology and Chief Information...
March 27, 2025
News Blumenthal to Republicans Collins Musk Hold a Town Hall and Meet Face to Face with Veterans Top VA Committee Democrat took to the Senate floor to demand accountability and emphasize the human impacts...hold the Trump Administration accountable for its egregious cuts to Department of Veterans Affairs VA health care and benefits We need a plan for accountability That s our job to hold responsible officials...opportunity to serve our veterans at a time when Elon Musk and Donald Trump are slashing and trashing our VA with real life impacts on the health care and disability benefits that are afforded to our nation s...
January 22, 2026
Administration top Committee Democrat unveils comprehensive report detailing the harm inflicted on VA and veterans by the Administration s policies Thursday January 22 2026 WASHINGTON DC Senate Veterans...Veterans was released ahead of the Committee s oversight hearing with Department of Veterans Affairs VA Secretary Doug Collins next week Blumenthal s report reveals historic staffing losses at the Department...firsthand accounts and ongoing conversations with veterans and VA employees across the nation details the Administration s systemic assault on VA over the past year and the tangible impacts its cuts are having...
February 16, 2007
Member Minority News AFTER REQUEST FROM SENS AKAKA AND CRAIG DOD ONCE AGAIN SHARING MEDICAL DATA WITH VA Friday February 16 2007 WASHINGTON D C Chairman Daniel Akaka and Ranking Member Larry Craig of the...from VA We are a nation at war and it is our duty to make sure veterans receive the best medical care we can provide I am pleased that DoD and VA have been able to ensure that medical staff at VA now have...In September of last year VA medical professionals at its four Polytrauma Centers gained access to a DoD medical database known as the Joint Patient Tracking Application JPTA VA s Polytrauma doctors found...
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