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February 25, 2025
workforce This statement followed VA Secretary Doug Collins illegal termination of additional VA employees critical to serving veterans in addition to the more than 1 000 VA employees terminated earlier this...being axed across the country to include the latest announcement of 1 400 more just let go from the VA Lipphardt continued With veterans making up approximately 30 of the more than 2 2 million employed...a human capital issue It has been reported to us from veterans who have lost their jobs that the emails they received letting them go were disjointed and inconsistent across the board This leads us to...
January 24, 2005
the bi partisan support that was shown for Ambassador Jim Nicholson s nomination to become the Secretary of Veterans Affairs In an unusual move the Committee s Ranking Member Daniel Akaka D Hawaii called...Ambassador Nicholson as Secretary of Veterans Affairs will probably occur on the Senate floor either late Tuesday or sometime Wednesday Chairman Craig noted that during the past four years the VA s budget has increased...medals for bravery and retired with the rank of full colonel after 22 years in the Army Reserve The VA has more than 230 000 employees and is the nation s second largest federal agency https www veterans...
July 21, 2005
being done every day by over 237 000 VA employees The U S Department of Veterans Affairs is the second largest federal employer behind the U S Department of Defense The VA provides health care to more than...120 national cemeteries There are more than 24 million veterans living today in the United States The VA has a unique place in history having administered one of the most significant pieces of legislation...Earlier in the day Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson kicked off what they termed a year long celebration of the VA Department s 75th anniversary Meeting at the historic...
June 30, 2005
S Senate today and I am pleased that we truly had a bipartisan show of support for this measure The VA will now be able to purchase the equipment and provide the care that veterans need Craig said At the...that the VA has taken from its capital investment fund and from funds it had anticipated to carry in to 2006 The day before the measure passed Sen Craig chaired a hearing at which VA Secretary Jim Nicholson...Nicholson was asked tough questions about the VA s budget After that hearing Craig said he would sponsor an amendment to add 1 5 billion to the VA s budget Sen Rick Santorum R Pennsylvania as Chairman of the...
July 26, 2005
Terry to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals and Chick Ciccolella to be the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans Employment and Training If agreed to by the committee on Thursday their nominations...2005 as amended which includes language to mandate that VA expand PTSD substance abuse tele health and other efforts facilitate data sharing between VA and DOD expand National Guard outreach and assessment...veterans newborns delivered at a VA facility or at VA expense provide authorization of grant and per diem payments to homeless service providers provide authorization of VA provided family therapy repeal...
May 5, 2025
Member Minority News Blumenthal Senators Raise Alarm with Impact of Trump s Tariff Plan and Trade War on VA s Health Care System Services to America s veterans must not be impacted by the Trump Administration...destabilizing tariff plan and trade war and the impact it will have on the Department of Veterans Affairs VA the nation s largest health care system serving 9 3 million veterans at more than 1 380 facilities...have taken to mitigate its impact on the Department of Veterans Affairs VA wrote Blumenthal and the Senators in a letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins Specifically I seek to understand what actions the Department...
December 22, 2005
legislation will provide more mental health care services For our returning National Guard and Reservists the VA is now directed to reach out and ensure that they receive the care they need Under the provisions of...Family Therapists within VA to provide complete readjustment services and counseling to Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF and Operation Enduring Freedom OEF Afghanistan veterans Requires VA to expand the number...Traumatic Stress Disorder Requires VA to expand tele health initiatives in rural areas Requires VA to expand mental health services in Community based Outpatient Clinics Requires VA to expand the Global War on...
July 29, 2005
vote of 410 10 The bill H R 2361 is now on its way to President Bush I am cautiously optimistic that VA and OMB have gotten it right this time Working with Congress they submitted an FY 05 and 06 budget...all of this information about VA s shortfalls came to my attention As Chairman of the Veterans Committee I take very seriously my responsibility to provide oversight of the VA and its financial picture on...oversight over VA s monetary needs I want each of you to know that I have received personal assurances from Secretary Nicholson that he will provide quarterly reports throughout the fiscal year on VA s financial...
May 9, 2006
website located at http www capitolhearings org Witnesses Panel 1 Dr Michael Kussman Deputy Under Secretary for Health Veterans Health Administration VHA Department of Veterans Affairs Washington D C Panel...Sponsor Sen Larry Craig A bill to repeal the term limits for the positions of Under Secretary for Health and Under Secretary for Benefits and to repeal the search commission requirements for both positions...positions under current law S 2736 Sponsor Sen Larry Craig A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish not less than five Amputation and Prosthetics Rehabilitation Centers in geographically...
March 14, 2006
Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act offered by Sen Richard Burr R North Carolina Panel I Peter H Dougherty VA Director Office of Homeless Veterans Programs accompanied by Paul E Smits Associate Chief Consultant...Per Diem Program U S Department of Veterans Affairs The Honorable Charles S Ciccolella Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training U S Department of Labor Philip Mangano Executive Director Interagency...https www veterans senate gov 2006 3 homeless veterans to be focus of thursdays hearing Sign up for Email updates About the Chairman Contact Chairman Majority News Contact Us U S Senate Committee on Veterans...
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