03.17.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C —Today, House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.),
Senate
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Jon
Tester
(D-Mont.),
and
HVAC
Subcommittee
on
Technology
Modernization
Chairman
Frank
J. Mrvan (D-Ind.)
released
the
following
statements
after
VA’s
Office
of
Inspector
General
(OIG)
released three
concerning
reports stemming
from
allegations
about
the
Electronic
Health
Record
(EHR)
implementation
at
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03.17.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C— Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
delivered opening remarks
at
the
Full
Committee
Oversight
Hearing
entitled, “Building
a
Better
VA:
Addressing
Healthcare
Workforce
Recruitment
and
Retention
Challenges”.
Full video of
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
as
prepared:
Today’s
oversight
hearing
is
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03.09.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C —
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
H.R.
2471,
an
omnibus
consisting
of
all
12
fiscal
year
2022
appropriations
bills
and
supplemental
funding
to
support
Ukraine.
The
omnibus
includes
three
provisions
advanced
by
the
Committee
to
support
our
nation’s
veterans.
“Along
with
critically
important
funding
to
keep
our
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03.03.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
made
the
following
statement
after
his
comprehensive
bill,
H.R.
3967,
as
amended,
the Honoring
our
Promise
to
Address
Comprehensive
Toxics
Act
of
2021
or
Honoring
our
PACT
Act,
passed
the
House
of
Representatives
with
a
bipartisan
vote
of
256-174. This
legislation
will
finally
treat
toxic
exposure
as
a
cost
of
war
by
addressing
the
full
range
of
issues
impacting
toxic-exposed
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03.02.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C—Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
delivered
remarks on
the
House
floor
in
support
of
his
bipartisan
bill,
H.R.
3967,
as
amended,
the Honoring
our
Promise
to
Address
Comprehensive
Toxics
Act
of
2021
or
Honoring
our
PACT
Act.
This
follows
Chairman
Takano’s press
conference earlier
today with
Speaker
Pelosi,
Members,
advocates
Jon
Stewart
and
John
Feal,
and
Veterans
Service
Organization
(VSO)
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03.02.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C—Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
delivered
remarks
at
a press
conference with
Speaker
Pelosi,
Members,
advocates
Jon
Stewart
and
John
Feal,
and
Veterans
Service
Organization
(VSO)
leaders
to
highlight
the
urgent
need
to
pass
Chairman
Takano’s Honoring
our
Promise
to
Address
Comprehensive
Toxics
Act
of
2021
or
Honoring
our
PACT
Act on
the
House
floor
this
week.
Full
video
of
Chairman
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03.01.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C—Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
made
the
following
statement
after
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Secretary
Denis
McDonough announced
that
VA
will
propose
adding
new
presumptions
for
toxic-exposed
veterans
living
with
9
rare
respiratory
cancers
as
a
result
of
their
service.
Chairman
Takano’s
comprehensive
Honoring
our
PACT
Act includes
these
9
conditions
and
will
be
considered
on
the
House
floor
this
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02.28.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C—Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
delivered
remarks
at
the Rules
Committee
Meeting
on
his
bill,
H.R.
3967, as
amended, the
Honoring
Our
Promise
To
Address
Comprehensive
Toxics
Act
or
the
Honoring
our
PACT
Act that
will
be
considered
on
the
House
floor
this
week. This
legislation
will
finally
recognize
military
toxic
exposure—from
contaminated
water
at
military
bases,
airborne
hazards
from
burn
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02.22.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
—Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
announced
widespread
Veteran
Service
Organization
(VSO)
support
for
the
monumental Honoring
our
Promise
to
Address
Comprehensive
Toxics
Act
of
2021 or
the Honoring
our
PACT
Act, which
will
come
to
a
vote
on
the
House
floor
when
Congress
is
back
in
session
next
week.
Leaders
from
the
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars
of
the
U.S.
(VFW),
Disabled
American
Veterans
(DAV),
The
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02.11.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C— Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
penned
an op-ed published
in
The
Hill detailing
the
urgent
need
to
address
toxic
exposure
as
a
cost
of
war
and
pass
the Honoring
our
PACT
Act. Chairman
Takano
has
identified addressing
toxic
exposure
as
a top
priority during
the
117th Congress
and
his bipartisan Honoring Our
PACT
Act
has
the
support
of
9
VSOs
and
77
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02.07.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON.,
D.C.— House
and
Senate
Veterans’
Affairs
Committee leaders Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.),
Ranking
Member
Mike
Bost
(R-Ill.),
Chairman
Jon
Tester
(D-Mont.), and Ranking
Member
Jerry
Moran
(R-Kan.)
issued
statements
today
following
an annual
report from
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
(HUD)
on veterans homelessness
data
since
the
beginning
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
Each
year,
HUD
releases
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02.02.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C—
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
held
a Full
Committee
Markup and passed two bills
for
our
nation’s
veterans. This
legislation
will
help
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
competitively
recruit
and
retain
high
quality
healthcare
workers
and
provide
VA
with
critical
resources
to
support
veterans’
mental
health.
“Today
we
passed
two
bills
through
the
Committee
to
support
our
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01.21.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C. –
Today,
Congressman
Mark
Takano
(D-CA),
Chair
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs,
Congresswoman
Jackie
Speier
(D-CA),
Chair
of
the
House
Armed
Services
Subcommittee
on
Military
Personnel;
and
Congressman
Adam
Smith
(D-WA),
Chair
of
the
House
Armed
Services
Committee
sent
letters
to
Defense
Secretary
Lloyd
J.
Austin
III
and
Under
Secretary
of
Defense
for
Personnel
&
Readiness
Gilbert
R.
Cisneros
Jr.
calling
for
historical
and
survey
research
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01.20.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.—
Today, the
House
of
Representatives
passed H.R.
4673,
as
amended, the Ensuring
Veterans’
Smooth
Transition,
or
EVEST
Act with
bipartisan
support. By
automatically
enrolling
eligible
servicemembers
in
VA
healthcare
during
their
transition
out
of
the
military,
the EVEST
Act will
simplify
the
transition
process
and
take
critical
steps
toward
preventing
veteran
suicide. The EVEST
Act has
the
support
of
Paralyzed
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01.20.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C—Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
delivered
remarks
on
the
House
floor
in
support
of
his
bill, H.R.
4673,
as
amended, the Ensuring
Veterans’
Smooth
Transition,
or
EVEST
Act. This
legislation will automatically
enroll eligible servicemembers
in
VA
healthcare
during
their
transition
out
of
the
military.
See
a
video
of
the
Chairman’s
… Read More
01.19.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.—
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
released
the
following
statement
after
the Committee’s
roundtable on “The
True
Cost
of
our
Promise
to
Toxic-Exposed
Veterans.” Eleven
Veterans
Service
Organizations
(VSOs)
and
advocates
Jon
Stewart
and
John
Feal
joined
the
Committee
for
a
productive
discussion
about
the
way
forward
on
the
bipartisan Honoring
our
PACT
Act,
which
passed
out
of
the
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01.19.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C. –
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
and
Ranking
Member
Mike
Bost
(R-Ill.)
introduced H.R.
6411, the Supporting
the
Resilience
of
Our
Nation’s
Great
Veterans
Act
of
2022 or
the STRONG
Veterans
Act.
This
legislation gives
the
Department of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
important
new
authorities
and
resources
to
support
veterans’
mental
health
and
well-being
through
increased
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01.13.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.—
Today, House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
announced
that
the full Committee
will
host
a
roundtable
on
efforts
to
address
toxic
exposure
next Wednesday,
January
19
at
2:00
pm
EST.
“It’s
a
new
year,
but
I
have
not
relented
one
bit
on
my
promise
to
pass
legislation
to
finally
recognize
toxic
exposure
as
a
cost
of
war
this
Congress.
That’s
why
I’m
grateful
for
the
opportunity
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01.12.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.—
Today, the
House
of
Representatives
passed H.R.
1836,
as
amended,
the Guard
and
Reserve
GI
Bill
Parity
Act
of
2021 introduced
by Subcommittee
on
Economic
Opportunity
Chair
Rep.
Mike
Levin
(D-Calif.)
with
287
bipartisan
votes.
The
National
Guard
and
Reserve
has
been
utilized
at
unprecedented
levels
over
the
past
two
years
to
respond
to
crises
around
the
country.
However, these
servicemembers
do
not
accrue
the
same
GI
Bill
benefits
as
their
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01.12.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C—Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
delivered
remarks
on
the
House
floor
in
support
of
Rep.
Levin’s
bill, H.R.
1836,
as
amended,
the Guard
and
Reserve
GI
Bill
Parity
Act
of
2021. This
legislation
rectifies
a disparity by
ensuring
that
every
day
National
Guard
and
Reserve
members
spend
in
uniform—including
training
days—counts
toward
vital
GI
Bill
benefits.
See
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