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July 23, 2025
Chairman Majority News Sen Moran Leads Committee Hearing on Nominees for VA Under Secretary for Health DOL Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training Wednesday July 23 2025 WASHINGTON U S...considering the nomination of John Bartrum to be Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA and Jeremiah Workman to be Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment Training at the Department...that is important to our grateful nation said Sen Moran In many ways VA s Under Secretary for Health and DOL s Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training bear the bulk of the responsibilities...
February 19, 2025
News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Senators Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First Reverse Mass Terminations of VA Employees The list of real life negative impacts of this Administration...35 Democratic Senators calling on Department of Veterans Affairs VA Secretary Doug Collins to immediately reinstate the more than 1 000 VA employees terminated last week who serve veterans and their families...The Trump Administration s mass terminations of VA employees which included a substantive number of veterans and military spouses comes at a time when VA faces critical staffing shortages and increased...
September 29, 2005
Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News FIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES REVIEWED FOR VA JOBS Thursday September 29 2005 September 29 2005Contact Jeff Schrade 202 224 9093 Washington DC Five...nominated to be the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Robert Henke nominated to be the Assistant Secretary for Management John Molino nominated to be the Assistant Secretary of Policy Planning and Preparedness...Preparedness Lisette Mondello nominated to the Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs and George Opfer nominated to be the Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs To...
November 10, 2005
Minority News Akaka Announces VA To Abandon PTSD Review Thursday November 10 2005 Washington D C Senator Daniel K Akaka D HI today announced the Department of Veterans Affairs VA will abandon its review of...conference highlighting concerns over veterans healthcare and benefits Senator Akaka learned that VA Secretary James Nicholson will cease the review This is great news for all veterans especially as we observe...losing compensation they have already been awarded by VA Sadly some believe that revoking benefits from veterans is a good way to save money Many times VA compensation is the only source of income for families...
October 28, 2005
Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News SENATE CONFIRMS THREE FORMER SENATE STAFFERS TO VA POSTS Friday October 28 2005 October 28 2005Contact Jeff Schrade 202 224 9093 Washington DC On Wednesday...originally from Illinois and now living in Virginia was approved by the full Senate to be the next Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs In that capacity he will oversee the nation s extensive national cemetery system...also approved Robert J Henke to be the next Assistant Secretary for Management In that capacity he will be responsible for budgetary issues within VA He is a former staff member of the Senate Appropriations...
September 18, 2024
Search Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News Sen Moran Questions VA Leadership on 15 Billion Shortfall Wednesday September 18 2024 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Jerry Moran...Veterans Affairs VA leaders VA Under Secretary for Health Shareef Elnahal and Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs during a committee hearing regarding the nearly 15 billion shortfall at VA for FY2024...FY2024 FY2025 In July VA briefed Congress on a mandatory funding shortfall of approximately 3 billion for the Veterans Benefits Administration this fiscal year that if not addressed by September 20 would delay...
September 19, 2007
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News AKAKA HOLDS HEARING ON VA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Wednesday September 19 2007 WASHINGTON D C Senator Daniel K Akaka D HI Chairman...Affairs Today s hearing was another step in Chairman Akaka s ongoing oversight on the role of IT in VA s services A GAO Report on Information Security requested by Senator Akaka and other members of Congress...report states VA has made progress but weaknesses in IT management persist I will continue to monitor these developments The witnesses at today s hearing included Robert T Howard Assistant Secretary for Information...
January 21, 2025
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Hearings Home Hearings Nomination of the Honorable Douglas A Collins to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs January 21 2025 10 00 AM Dirksen Senate Office Building Room G50 If you are...WITNESS LIST The Honorable Douglas A Collins Nominee to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Testimony The Honorable Douglas A Collins Nominee to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Download File 57 62 KB Transcript...hearing date https www veterans senate gov 2025 1 nomination of the honorable douglas a collins to be secretary of veterans affairs Hearings Committee Transcripts Contact Us U S Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs...
May 1, 2007
CONCERNS ABOUT VA BONUSES Tuesday May 1 2007 WASHINGTON D C Today U S Senator Daniel K Akaka D HI Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs sent a letter to R James Nicholson Secretary of Veterans...Veterans Affairs expressing concerns about bonus awards paid to some of VA s highest ranking civil servants The letter indicates that personnel based in Washington D C received higher bonuses than their colleagues...bonuses in spite of their role in the budget shortfall in 2005 Just one year after VA s notorious budget shortfall when VA management was forced to request emergency funds based on a determination that the...
April 29, 2005
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Majority News Home Chairman Majority News Dr Jonathan Perlin Confirmed To Va Post By The U S Senate Friday April 29 2005 April 29 2005 Contact Jeff Schrade 202 224 9093 Washington...went well past midnight the U S Senate unanimously confirmed Dr Jonathan Perlin to be the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs In that role he will serve as the Chief Executive...Executive Officer of the Veterans Health Administration VHA He has been the acting Under Secretary since April of last year Dr Perlin is an outstanding man I am pleased that my colleagues saw fit to confirm...
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