— Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takanoissued the following statement after the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its OIG Determination of Veterans Health Administration’s Severe Occupational Staffing Shortages Fiscal Year 2025 report. OIG is required to annually review and identifythe most significant staffing shortages at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities. This report, the 12th of its kind, identifiedsevere occupational staffing shortages… Read More
Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano and House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Members Julia Brownley (CA-26), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Sheila-CherfilusMcCormick (FL-20), Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Tim Kennedy (NY-26), Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Herb Conaway, Jr., M.D. (NJ-03), and Kelly Morrison, M.D. (MN-03) issued the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)announced that it would terminate … Read More
Today, House Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano issued the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a proposed regulation to reinstate a complete ban on reproductive health services, including abortion-related counseling and care:
“Stripping away access to essential reproductive healthcare at VA, the largest integrated healthcare network in the United States, puts veterans’ lives at risk and violates the promise we made to them. Veterans ha… Read More
VA's "GI Bill College Comparison Tool" - https://www.vets.gov/gi-bill-comparison-tool
DoE's "College Scorecard" - https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
Veteran Education Success Top Ten Tips for student veterans - https://veteranseducationsuccess.org/top-ten-tips/
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it plans to propose expanded disability compensation eligibility for Veterans exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
From 1953 to 1987, water sources at the base were contaminated with industrial solvents that are correlated with certain health conditions. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald decided to propose presumptions of service connection for certain conditions as… Read More
The unemployment rate for veterans dropped to a seven-year low in August, and the rate for Iraq and Afghanistan war-era veterans fell to the lowest level since federal officials started tracking that population.
The news came the same day that Bureau of Labor Statistics officials announced the national unemployment rate in August had dropped to its lowest level since 2008, before President Obama took office.
Analysts have cautioned against making long-term assumptions based on the monthly … Read More
