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June 24, 2005
Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News Emergency hearing to be held Tuesday on VA s budget Friday June 24 2005 Media contact Jeff Schrade 202 224 9093 Washington DC U S Senator Larry...emergency hearing on the VA s budget after a mid year review revealed that the VA s 2005 budget is more than billion dollars short thus leaving a large budget gap for next year The VA spends approximately...approximately 600 million each week to pay for veterans health care needs To fill the current budget gap the VA is using money budgeted for capital infrastructure projects and drawing on money planned for carry over...
March 14, 2006
by Senator Patty Murray D WA offered a measure to add 1 5 billion for Department of Veterans Affairs VA Health Care The amendment failed by a vote of 46 to 54 Before the vote was cast Senator Akaka told...veterans once they return home stated Senator Akaka We are all too familiar with the scenario last year VA wildly underestimated the number of younger vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan And this year...https www veterans senate gov 2006 3 akaka fears budget fails veterans funding needs Sign up for Email updates About the Ranking Member Contact Ranking Member Minority News Internships Accountability in...
February 11, 2025
Richard Blumenthal D CT today released the following statement on Department of Veterans Affairs VA Secretary Doug Collins being tapped as interim head of the Office of Government Ethics and the Office of...have earned Instead of two timing veterans Doug Collins needs to focus on ending the hiring freeze at VA blocking Elon Musk and DOGE from continuing to access veterans private information and protecting critical...providing care and benefits to veterans On top of it being a major conflict of interest for a cabinet secretary to be tasked with oversight of his own position and agency all three of these roles are too important...
December 16, 2005
survivors to find the benefits they are entitled to Should you need that information see http www vba va gov Survivors The news summary runs about 7 minutes Click on the following link to watch the show The...Review https www veterans senate gov 2005 12 watch the washington report year end review Sign up for Email updates About the Chairman Contact Chairman Majority News Contact Us U S Senate Committee on Veterans...
February 4, 2008
requested 91 2 billion for VA for Fiscal Year 2009 For the medical care account the President asked for a total of 38 7 billion 2 billion more than what Congress allocated to VA for Fiscal Year 2008 When...When basic factors such as medical care inflation and other increases in VA s operational costs are taken into account little additional funding if any remains for needed increases in priority areas of health...at a time when VA should be undertaking a massive effort to upgrade the department s infrastructure much of which is well over 50 years old Medical research an essential component of VA s health program...
May 23, 2006
Senators on a tour of military cemeteries in Europe and North Africa starting Saturday May 27 VA Secretary Jim Nicholson had been scheduled to participate but now will not On Memorial Day Monday May 29...Committee on Veterans Affairs They will be joined by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson and Brigadier General John W Nicholson Ret Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission All times...for memorial day igroup will tour cemeteries and monuments in europe and north africa i Sign up for Email updates About the Chairman Contact Chairman Majority News Contact Us U S Senate Committee on Veterans...
April 6, 2005
surviving family members said Senator Akaka The legislation would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs VA to hire adequate outreach workers to ensure returning servicemembers get the care they need Despite...freedom continues to rise leaving many surviving family members in need for help Under current law VA has the authority to provide bereavement counseling to the immediate family However it is necessary...https www veterans senate gov 2005 4 akaka introduces bill to enhance veteran centers Sign up for Email updates About the Ranking Member Contact Ranking Member Minority News Internships Accountability in...
September 29, 2005
provides the Department of Veterans Affairs more flexibility on mortgage interest rate cap protection for VA loans and provides financial assistance for active duty personnel who struggle with the loss of a stillborn...after military discharge Preliminary data obtained from VA suggest only 45 percent of totally disabled servicemembers apply for the extension despite VA s outreach effort My legislation will provide one additional...additional year within which severely disabled veterans may apply The extra year will give VA more time a total of two years after their discharge from the military to reach veterans when they are perhaps...
January 22, 2008
omnibus appropriations bill I am pleased President Bush has released the full amount of funding for VA as approved by Congress in the omnibus appropriations bill As the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan...worked to secure additional funding for VA beginning at the Committee s budget hearing early last year The President s proposed budget would have under funded VA at a time when they need to expand mental...backlog This could not be allowed to happen After Congress provided additional contingency funds for VA in the omnibus appropriations I sent a letter to the President as Chairman along with the Majority...
April 26, 2007
care and education program for TBI The legislation also would require that VA officials send a veteran to a private care if VA cannot provide it and it calls for the creation of a pilot program for assisted...said Craig the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs I think this bill will move VA further in the direction they are heading and provide veterans with traumatic brain injuries an opportunity...the servicemembers injured in blast situations suffer from some degree of traumatic brain injury The VA has four hospitals to treat severe brain injuries in Minneapolis California Florida and Virginia Hundreds...
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