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November 19, 2025
Lead Legislative Push to Protect VA Worker Rights Lawmakers Right to Representation for VA Workers Act will codify essential labor rights for VA employees in response to violations by the Trump Administration...and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member introduced the Right to Representation for VA Workers Act legislation to restore VA employees right to have their choice of representation in inquiries with...been infringed upon at VA for employees across the nation The Right to Representation for VA Workers Act is co sponsored by U S Senators Chris Van Hollen D MD Ed Markey D MA Mazie Hirono D HI Bernie Sanders...
June 17, 2022
passed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics PACT Act of 2022 bipartisan legislation championed by Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester...veterans their earned support through passage of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act said Chairman Tester For hundreds of thousands of veterans generations of our all volunteer military...Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act This legislation will provide comprehensive relief for all generations of veterans from Agent Orange to the 3 5 million post 9 11 veterans exposed...
June 3, 2025
Blumenthal Backs Bipartisan Bill to Help Veterans Keep Their Homes The Veterans Housing Stability Act will help thousands of veterans using VA home loans avoid foreclosure following VA Secretary Collins...Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT is backing the bipartisan Veterans Housing Stability Act of 2025 legislation authored by U S Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE and Mike Rounds R SD to ensure...their mortgage and keep their homes said Senator Blumenthal The Senators Veterans Housing Stability Act of 2025 would establish a partial claim program to help veterans using the VA home loan and experiencing...
October 9, 2025
Lawmakers call out Trump VA for needlessly weaponizing the government shutdown violating the Hatch Act Thursday October 9 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal...with the other Committees staff The lawmakers also condemned Trump VA leaders for violating the Hatch Act in their communications to veterans and VA employees To make matters worse it appears that leaders...violations of the Hatch Act We remind you and your leadership team that we are tracking these violations and taking them very seriously While the Trump Administration may not enforce the Hatch Act currently we will...
November 16, 2022
Hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act November 16 2022 03 00 PM SD G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building If you are having trouble viewing...hearing on the department of veterans affairs implementation of the sfc heath robinson honoring our pact act Hearings Committee Transcripts Contact Us U S Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs 412 Russell Senate...
February 21, 2025
Bill to Strengthen Earned Support for Military Survivors Senators introduced Caring for Survivors Act to increase monthly benefits for surviving spouses of veterans who lost their lives in service Friday...been minimally adjusted since its establishment in 1993 The Senators bipartisan Caring for Survivors Act of 2025 will bring parity to payments for DIC recipients which currently lag behind other Federal program...the veteran was disabled for less than ten years before his or her death The Caring for Survivors Act would reduce the timeframe a veteran needs to be rated totally disabled from ten to five years broadening...
September 12, 2024
Montana Organizations to End Veteran Suicide First of its kind program created by Chairman s Hannon Act provides VA funding for community suicide prevention programs Tester secured funding to help Montana...under the Senator s landmark Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act Hannon Act to provide federal funding for local suicide prevention programs Mental health is one of the...2022 and 2023 Named for a Montana veteran who lost his life to suicide Tester championed the Hannon Act in his capacity as the top Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to bolster VA s mental...
May 24, 2022
Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics PACT Act of 2022 The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022 is comprehensive bipartisan legislation to deliver all...military service Among its many priorities the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022 will Expand VA health care eligibility to Post 9 11 combat veterans which includes more...hypertension Expand presumptions related to Agent Orange exposure Includes Thailand Cambodia Laos Guam American Samoa and Johnston Atoll as locations for Agent Orange exposure Strengthen federal research on...
December 22, 2025
Democratic Colleagues Introduce Sweeping Veterans Bill to Reform Improve VA Health Care Senators Honor Act will strengthen VA s ability to recruit high quality employees make major investments in its aging...is leading a group of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Honor Our Promise to Veterans Act the Honor Act sweeping legislation to invest in the Department of Veterans Affairs VA aging infrastructure...ensure veterans receive high quality timely care both at VA facilities and in the community The Honor Act mandates broad landmark investments to replace VA s aging infrastructure and make VA clinicians compensation...
April 22, 2026
Combat Injured Veterans Blumenthal called out Senate Republicans for blocking the Major Richard Star Act over its costs in light of partisan bill to send hundreds of billions to ICE Border Protection with...In his remarks Blumenthal pressed Senate Republicans for blocking the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act over its costs while pursuing partisan legislation that will cost hundreds of billions more Senate...continued It falls on deaf ears for Republicans to claim veterans initiatives like the Major Richard Star Act are too expensive while they push hundreds of billions into Trump s rogue agency or a war of choice...
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