— Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the 2025 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report.
“After months of delay, VA has finally released its overdue suicide prevention report. While the overall numbers have gone down ever so slightly, more clearly remains to be done. One life is too many. Losing more than 17 veterans every single day to suicide is unacceptable. The… Read More
— Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26), Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), to formally overturn the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) recently finalized abortion rule.
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39) co-led the resolution. All Democratic membersserving on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, including Rep. Chris Pappas (… Read More
— Yesterday, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano released the following statement condemning the murder of VA ICU nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
“Today we mourn the tragic death of yet another American standing against the violence we have all witnessed throughout our communities. Alex Jeffrey Pretti was gunned down in broad daylight in Minnesota by ICE agents using unjustified lethal force.
Before his life was taken from him, Alex spent his days caring for America’s v… 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
