— Today, Ranking Member Mark Takano released the following statement denouncing Senate Republicans’ votes to block a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which would have overturned the Trump administration’s near-total ban on abortion care and counseling for veterans who receive healthcare from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
“Today, my Republican colleagues in the Senate failed our nation’s veterans yet again. As a country, we honor veterans’ serv… Read More
—Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at today’s House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Full Committee hearing on 27 bills.
“Thank you, Mr. Chairman.?
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced numerous initiatives, plans, and regulations very publicly, but when we ask questions, the Department has become very opaque. When we manage to get VA witnesses before us for hearings the responses to our questi… Read More
—Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano released the following statement following Judge Melissa DuBose’s decision to grant the American Federation of Government Employees National Veterans Affairs Council’s (AFGE/NVAC) motion for a preliminary injunction regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) decision to terminate VA collective bargaining agreements.
“American workers win again,” said Ranking Member Takano. “This ruling marks a major step in combatin… 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
