October 2025
10/09/25	Ranking Members Takano and Blumenthal Denounce VA Decision to Halt Vital Education and Housing Benefits During the Government Shutdown
10/09/25	Takano, Blumenthal & Colleagues Blast Secretary Collins For Polticizing Key Veteran Services During Shutdown
10/08/25	Ranking Member Takano and VSOs Call Out Washington Post Article That Accuses Veterans of Exploiting Their Benefits
September 2025
09/30/25	Ranking Member Takano Condemns Republican Instigated Government Shutdown
09/19/25	Ranking Member Takano Responds to Republican CR
09/18/25	Ranking Member Takano Highlights House Passage of 14 Veteran-Focused Bills
09/12/25	Ranking Member Takano Demands the End of Claim Sharks
09/12/25	Ranking Member Takano Calls Out Shamefully Partisan NDAA
09/03/25	Takano, Blumenthal, & Colleagues Oppose Trump VA’s Proposed Rule to Reinstate Extreme Near-Total Abortion Ban for Veterans
August 2025
08/12/25	Ranking Member Takano Statement on Severe VA Staffing Shortages
08/07/25	Ranking Member Takano and Veterans’ Affairs Committee Members Slam Secretary Collins’s Gutting of VA Employee Union Rights
08/04/25	Ranking Member Takano Condemns Trump Administration’s Rollback of Veterans’ Reproductive Healthcare Protections
July 2025
07/25/25	Ranking Member Takano: Housing, Not Handcuffs, Is the Solution to Veteran Homelessness
07/23/25	Republicans Vote to Send More Money to For-Profit Healthcare and Reject Democratic Efforts to Improve Oversight and Demand Accountability from Trump’s VA
07/16/25	Senate Sends Veteran Homeowner Foreclosure Relief, Homelessness Prevention Bill to President Trump’s Desk
07/07/25	Largest VA Staff Cuts in History: 30,000 Staff to Be Gone by September
June 2025
06/24/25	Takano and Bipartisan, Bicameral Health Leaders Introduce Bill to Strengthen Veteran Healthcare & Stop Waste
06/16/25	Ranking Member Takano and HVAC Healthcare Practitioners Slam Trump VA for Move to Discriminate Against Veterans Based on Marital Status and Political Views
06/02/25	Takano, Blumenthal Call on Trump VA to Maintain Medical Data Transparency for Veterans & Congress
May 2025
05/22/25	The "One Big Billionaire Payout" Bill Hurts Veterans