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March 8, 2007
Minority News AKAKA APPLAUDS VA S ADDITION OF NEW PATIENT ADVOCATES AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS Thursday March 8 2007 WASHINGTON D C Yesterday Secretary of Veterans Affairs R James...James Nicholson announced that VA will hire 100 new patient advocates to help severely injured veterans from the current conflicts and their families navigate the VA system The new patient advocates will...through a complex VA system is a model I embraced in my legislation on Vet Centers which was enacted last year Senator Akaka said The Department of Veterans Affairs also announced that all VA health care professionals...
June 23, 2026
Veterans Affairs VA benefits for disabled veterans who suffer from sleep apnea and tinnitus as proposed by a draft VA rule and the Take Care of America s Veterans Act In a letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins...million veterans suffering from sleep apnea and tinnitus outlined in the Department of Veterans Affairs VA draft rule entitled Schedule for Rating Disabilities Ear Nose Throat and Audiology Disabilities Special...They noted that tinnitus in particular is the most common service connected disability recognized by VA with an estimated 3 6 million veterans receiving benefits for this condition The Congressional Budget...
February 5, 2026
toxic substances at the Karshi Khanabad K2 Air Base in Uzbekistan so the Department of Veterans Affairs VA can deliver K2 veterans exposed to radiation long overdue benefits We write to request a review of...the answers care and benefits they deserve wrote the Senators in a letter to Secretary Pete Hegseth The Senators continued VA s ability to recognize radiation related exposures remains dependent on confirmation...of Defense DOD Without an accurate accounting of the toxic substances found at K2 by the Department VA is unable to ensure veterans who suffer from conditions related to radiation jet fuels asbestos chemical...
November 5, 2025
pressed Blumenthal If eligible they ll go to VA And we ll see a dramatically increased reliance on VA health care stretching the capacities of our docs our nurses our VA facilities generally which are already...according to the Department s actuarial firm For every one percent of increased reliance on VA health care VA can expect its costs to increase by 2 6 billion 1 percent 2 6 billion They don t have the money...program despite orders from courts that they do so There s no equivalent service like SNAP through VA or any other federal program to serve as a safety net meaning these cuts have devastating impacts on...
May 19, 2005
which is about four minutes long focuses on the Senator Larry Craig s recent trip to Iraq with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson and Idaho Congressmen Butch Otter and Mike Simpson In the show...gov 2005 5 senator craig pays tribute to the troops and discusses base closure process Sign up for Email updates About the Chairman Contact Chairman Majority News Contact Us U S Senate Committee on Veterans...
April 4, 2025
slamming the Trump Administration s decision to cancel the VA Servicing Purchase Program VASP starting May 1st a Department of Veterans Affairs VA program that helped veterans experiencing severe financial...last resort options to avoid the emotional and financial crisis that often leads to homelessness Secretary Collins should be held accountable called immediately before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee...into the program after May 1 2025 VA risks putting these veterans onto the streets and out of their homes The VASP program was created as a last resort option for VA to use for eligible veterans family...
February 28, 2007
We know that the transition from DoD to VA can be tough And this is even more true for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries At the start of this war VA was wholly unprepared to deal with the...has underestimated these costs and many VA facilities were caught off guard Over the last year VA has made strides in improving the lead brain injury centers But VA still has miles to go in caring for servicemembers...these men and women are quite young and will be living with brain injuries for the rest of their lives VA must do more than simply send them back to their communities Wounded war veterans deserve to get the...
May 23, 2007
significant support from witnesses representing VA veterans organizations and others S 383 extends the time during which combat veterans have priority eligibility for VA health care from two to five years S 1233...1233 the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2007 addresses VA shortcomings in rehabilitation treatment research and clinical care programs for veterans with TBI the condition many regard as the signature...next month Witnesses at today s hearing included Gerald M Cross MD Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health Department of Veterans Affairs Carl Blake Senior Associate Legislative Director Paralyzed...
July 16, 2026
Democrats communicated their opposition to this offset in a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs VA Secretary Doug Collins a clear and public affirmation the Republican proposal does not have the support...statement on house republican failure to advance the take care of america s veterans act Sign up for Email updates About the Ranking Member Contact Ranking Member Minority News Internships Accountability in...
January 16, 2026
on matters affecting the men and women of the United States Armed Forces wrote the Senators to Secretary Pete Hegseth Any diminishing independence of Stars and Stripes is a blow to the public s legitimate...Tim Kaine D VA Mark Kelly D AZ Angus King I ME Bernard Sanders I VT Jeanne Shaheen D NH and Elizabeth Warren D MA The full text of the Senators letter is available here and below Dear Secretary Hegseth We...demand answers on pentagon s efforts to politicize stars and stripes military newspaper Sign up for Email updates About the Ranking Member Contact Ranking Member Minority News Internships Accountability in...
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