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June 25, 2025
Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News At Hearing Former Responder Details Harm of Trump VA s Cuts on the Veterans Crisis Line Blumenthal and former VCL responder emphasized the negative impact...emphasized how the hiring freeze at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA return to work policies and VA Secretary Collins goal to fire 83 000 VA employees will worsen existing problems at the VCL including current...staffing shortages T he lack of transparency and accountability from this VA and this Administration make meaningful oversight of VA programs like the Veterans Crisis Line extremely challenging said Blumenthal...
February 13, 2025
Blumenthal Statement on the Trump Administration s Recommendation to Fire All Recently Hired VA Employees Including VA Doctors and Nurses Thursday February 13 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee...Department of Veterans Affairs VA employees and makes no mention of exemptions for VA doctors nurses and police positions already facing shortages Massive layoffs of VA employees including nurses doctors...fire employees the Department just invested months into recruiting vetting and training I call on VA Secretary Doug Collins to live up to the promise he made to put veterans first and resist blanket layoffs...
June 27, 2007
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS HOLDS HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF CHARLES L HOPKINS III TO BE VA S ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OPERATIONS SECURITY AND PREPAREDNESS Wednesday June 27 2007 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator...hearing on the nomination of Charles L Hopkins III to be the Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary for Operations Security and Preparedness This is a new position established on October 1 2006 that...holds hearing on the nomination of charles l hopkins iii to be vas assistant secretary for operations security and preparedness Sign up for Email updates About the Ranking Member Contact Ranking Member Minority...
May 30, 2024
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News Sens Moran Tester Demand Action on VA s Misuse of PACT Act Funds to Improperly Pay Millions to Senior Executives Thursday May 30 2024 WASHINGTON...Veterans Affairs VA after VA s Office of Inspector General OIG found that VA improperly awarded 10 8 million dollars in PACT Act Critical Skills Incentive CSI payments intended for VA employees to senior...the VA Central Office VACO in Washington DC VA s flagrant misuse of recruitment and retention incentives intended to improve the provision of health care and benefits for veterans by bolstering VA s front...
June 12, 2025
Administration s Purge of Transgender Servicemembers Presses Hegseth Collins About Servicemembers Access to VA Benefits Thursday June 12 2025 WASHINGTON DC U S Senator Richard Blumenthal D CT Ranking Member of...able to receive benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs VA In a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins Blumenthal pressed the Administration...Tell often received less than honorable discharges which have created lasting barriers to accessing VA benefits and services Many of these veterans continue to seek discharge upgrades decades later I have...
January 25, 2025
Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Statement on Trump Firing VA s Top Watchdog Official Saturday January 25 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking...night including the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Inspector General Mike Missal Missal has served as VA Inspector General since April 2016 Purging the VA s Inspector General puts veterans at risk of a...his independent oversight is a betrayal of trust as well as violation of law Veterans deserve that VA be held accountable to meet the highest standards of efficiency and integrity in health care benefits...
June 26, 2025
Blumenthal Peters Call on Republicans to Hold HSGAC Hearing to Examine Whether Partisan Nominee for VA Inspector General is Capable of Conducting Independent Oversight The unprecedented nomination of a...Department of Veterans Affairs VA Inspector General Mason s nomination is unprecedented for an Inspector General given her role serving as a Trump political appointee at VA If confirmed she would be charged...charged with conducting independent oversight of the Department and VA Secretary Collins who she recently served as a senior advisor We write to request you convene a hearing on the nomination of Cheryl Mason...
May 7, 2024
Chairman Majority News Sen Moran Demands Answers Action Plan Regarding VA s Failure to Implement Life Saving Crisis Intervention Training for VA Police Officers Tuesday May 7 2024 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Jerry...from the Department of Veterans Affairs VA after discovering a lack of compliance with the law requiring crisis intervention and suicide prevention training for VA Police Officers In 2020 Congress passed...required VA to provide police officers with annual training on how to prevent suicide through crisis intervention and de escalation skills In response to Sen Moran s request for information VA corroborated...
April 21, 2023
Search Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News Sen Moran Statement on VA s Decision to Halt Rollout of all EHRM Systems Friday April 21 2023 WASHINGTON U S Senator Jerry Moran...implementation of the Oracle Cerner electronic health record EHR system at Department of Veterans Affairs VA facilities until significant improvements are made to the system in accordance with Sen Moran s recent...legislation and set by the VA must be met before the rollout of the system continues Without these changes it would be irresponsible to continue implementing the system at additional VA medical centers Sen Moran...
March 25, 2026
Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Statement on CRA Vote to Overturn Trump VA s Abortion Ban Senate Republicans voted to ban abortion care for veterans in cases of rape incest or...failed vote to strike down the Trump Administration s abortion ban at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA which prohibits abortion counseling and care for more than 462 000 women veterans of reproductive age...Blumenthal s floor remarks are available here Blumenthal s CRA follows a final rule filed by the Trump VA to end VA s ability to provide these services for veterans A CRA resolution is an oversight tool Congress...
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