11.24.22 •
Press Release
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
led
a
Congressional
Delegation
to
Kuwait
to
serve
Thanksgiving
meals
to
servicemembers
and
veterans
currently
forward
deployed
to
the
Middle
East.
Chairman
Takano
was
joined
by
Reps.
Colin
Allred
(D-Tex.),
Elissa
Slotkin
(D-Mich.),
and
Katie
Porter
(D-Calif.).
“I
am
honored
to
once
again
share
a
Thanksgiving
meal
with
servicemembers
and
veterans
stationed
in
Kuwait
and
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11.17.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– This
week,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
12
bills
to
support
and
honor
veterans.
Eight
of
these
bills
will rename
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
facilities
to
honor
the
service
and
lives
of
veterans.
The
House
also
passed
bills
which
reaffirm
the
Committee’s
dedication
to
improving
the
quality
of
care
at
VA,
including
ensuring
that
the
Veterans
Health
Administration
(VHA)
can
continue
to
conduct
top-tier
research
to
provide
veterans
with
the
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11.16.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
held
a
markup
and
advanced
Subcommittee
on
Economic
Chairman
Mike
Levin's
(D-Calif.)
bipartisan
Mark
O'Brien
VA
Clothing
Allowance
Improvement
Act.
This
bill
amends
VA's
existing
clothing
allowance
program
by
enabling
automatic
payments
to
continue
on
a
recurring
basis
until
the
veteran
opts
out
of
the
program
or
is
no
longer
eligible.
"Thanks
to
Chairman
Levin
and
Ranking
Member
Moore's
bipartisan
bill,
we
are
making
it
easier
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11.11.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
— Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
in
recognition
of
Veterans
Day:
Click here to
watch
Chairman
Takano's
Veterans
Day
message.
Happy
Veterans
Day! Today is
a
day
of celebration – a day
to properly
honor
the
service
of
veterans
from
all
walks
of
life who defended
our
country
and our
democracy. I
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11.07.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
a
Majority
Staff
report
on
women
veterans’
access
to
reproductive
healthcare.
The
report
summarizes
key
findings
from
the
Committee’s
reproductive
healthcare
oversight
initiative
which
included
meeting
with
women
veterans
and
executive
leaders
at
VA
facilities
in
four
states
and
the
Committee’s
September
15,
2022,
oversight
hearing.
It
also
includes
recommendations
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11.03.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
issued
a
statement
following
the
release
of
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development’s
(HUD)
Point-in-Time
(PIT)
count
on
veterans
experiencing
homelessness.
This
year’s
PIT
count
saw
an
11
percent
decrease
in
veteran
homelessness,
the
largest
drop
in
over
five
years.
“For
the
second
consecutive
year,
we
are
seeing
the
success
of
Congress's
efforts
to
reduce
the
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10.27.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
released
a
majority
staff
report
entitled,
"Report
on
the
Importance
of
Peer
Support
in
Preventing
Domestic
Violent
Extremism.”
This
report
is
based
on
findings
from
the
Committee’s
March
2022
investigative
hearing
examining
key
factors
that
place
a
small
but
growing
number
of
veterans
at
risk
of
radicalization
and
recruitment
by
domestic
violent
extremist
groups.
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10.14.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
– Last
week,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
and
54
of
his
colleagues
sent
a
public
comment
letter
expressing
support
for
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
Interim
Final
Rule
(IFR),
which
allows
for
abortion
counseling
and
abortions
in
cases
of
rape,
incest,
and
health
of
the
woman. “This
is
a
long-overdue
step
in
improving
care
for
women
veterans,
and
in
furthering
VA’s
ongoing
efforts
to
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10.14.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
– House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
supporting
VA’s
action
to
close
the
gap
in
survivor
benefits
for
certain
survivors
of
LGBTQ+
veterans.
This
ruling
immediately
impacts
LGBTQ+
veterans
who
were
unable
to
wed
until
the Obergefell
v.
Hodges Supreme
Court
decision,
and
who
were
not
married
to
their
now-deceased
veteran
spouses
for
long
enough
to
qualify
for
survivor
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10.13.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
– House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
following
Secretary
McDonough’s
decision
to
delay
the
rollout
of
a
new
electronic
health
record
(EHR)
until
2023: “I
support
VA’s
plan
to
further
delay
EHRM
go-lives
until
the
system
can
be
made
safe
for
veterans.
Patient
safety
should
be
the
guiding
principle
for
this
program.
However,
it
is
clear
this
program
was
not
given
a
foundation
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09.29.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
(HVAC)
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
delivered
opening
remarks
at
the
Full
Committee
hearing
entitled, "Veteran
Suicide
Prevention:
Capitalizing
on
What
Works
and
Increasing
Innovative
Approaches."
View
Chairman
Takano's
remarks here.
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
as
prepared:
For
years
now,
this
Committee
has
prioritized,
passed,
and
sent
to
the
White
House
major
pieces
of
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09.29.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– This
week,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
eight bipartisan,
bicameral
bills
to
support
veterans.
These
include
bills
from
new
members
Rep.
Peltola
(D-Alaska)
and
Rep.
Ryan
(D-N.Y.)
that
will
help
end
veteran
hunger
and
expand
home
loans
for
Members
of
the
National
Guard
and
Reserve.
The
House
also
passed
two
bills
to
help
veterans
in
crisis,
including
House
Veterans’
Affairs
Committee
Chairman
Mark
Takano’s
(D-Calif.)
REMOVE
Copays
Act
and
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09.21.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
held
a
full
Committee
markup,
advancing
13
bills
that
will
increase
accessibility
to
mental
health
care
and
resources,
promote
equitable
access
to
reproductive
healthcare
services
for
all
veterans,
and
ensure
that
veterans
transitioning
from
service
to
civilian
life
are
fully
and
holistically
supported
and
able
to
access
comprehensive
benefits. “These
bills
reaffirm
our
country’s
commitment
to
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09.20.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
(HVAC)
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
delivered
opening
remarks
at
the
joint
Subcommittee
on
Oversight
and
Investigations
and
Subcommittee
on
Technology
Modernization
hearing
entitled, "VA
Major
Acquisitions
Failures:
In
Search
of
Solutions."
Watch
Chairman
Takano's
remarks
here.
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
as
prepared:
Thank
you,
Chairman
Pappas.
I
would
like
to
echo
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09.19.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
two
bills
honoring
the
lives
and
legacies
of
veterans.
These
bills
include
naming
the
VA
outpatient
facility
in
Ventura,
California
after
Captain
Rosemary
Bryant
Mariner,
a
member
of
the
Navy’s
first
flight-training
class
for
women,
the
first
woman
to
command
a
naval
aviation
squadron,
and
a
lifelong
advocate
for
women’s
military
service.
The
House
voted
to
rename
the
VA
community-based
outpatient
clinic
in
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09.19.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
on
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
Annual
Suicide
Report:
“VA's
annual
suicide
report
contains
encouraging
news
about
another
drop
in
the
veteran
suicide
rate,
but
our
work
to
reduce
veteran
suicide
cannot,
and
will
not,
stop
until
all
veterans
receive
the
care,
benefits,
and
opportunities
to
thrive
that
they
have
earned
and
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09.15.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
(HVAC)
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
delivered
opening
remarks
at
the
Full
Committee
hearing
entitled, "Examining
women
veterans'
access
to
the
full
spectrum
of
medical
care,
including
reproductive
healthcare,
through
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Veterans
Health
Administration
(VHA)."
View
Chairman
Takano's
remarks
here.
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
as
prepared:
Over
the
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09.14.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
–
Today,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
5
bipartisan
bills
that
will
strengthen
the
delivery
of
benefits
and
care
to
veterans
and
their
families,
including
the
Veterans’
Compensation
Cost
of
Living
Adjustment
Act
and
the
Student
Veteran
Emergency
Relief
Act.
“The
bills
passed
today
build
upon
the
work
this
Committee
has
done
to
support
veterans
and
their
families
throughout
the
COVID-19
pandemic,”
said
Chairman
Takano.
“In
particular,
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09.02.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
on
Secretary
Denis
McDonough’s
interim
final
rule
to
allow
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
to
provide
abortion
counseling
and
abortions
in
cases
of
incest,
rape,
and
life
or
health
of
the
woman,
covering
these
services
for
the
first
time
for
veterans
and
beneficiaries
of
the
Civilian
Health
and
Medical
Program
of
the
Department
of
Veterans
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08.23.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
–
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
officially
unveiled
the
Committee’s
Veterans
Reproductive
Healthcare
Survey
as
part
of
the
Committee’s
larger
effort
focused
on
reproductive
healthcare
access
for
America's
veterans.
The
survey
will
gather
feedback
about
how
veterans
have
used
reproductive
care
at
VA
in
the
past,
and
the
improvements
they
want
to
see
implemented
at
VA.
“As
the
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