11.29.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
led
an
overseas
Congressional
Delegation
with
Congressman
Connor
Lamb
(D-PA),
Congressman
Colin
Allred
(D-TX),
Congresswoman
Lauren
Underwood
(D-IL),
and
Congresswoman
Haley
Stevens
(D-MI)
over
the
Thanksgiving
break.
The
delegation
spent
their
Thanksgiving
in
Kuwait
and
Afghanistan
meeting
with
servicemembers
currently
serving
overseas.
"As
Americans
give
thanks
this
year,
we
are
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11.20.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
delivered
opening
remarks
before
the
full
committee
legislative
hearing
assessing
two
measures
to
address
veteran
suicide:
HR
3495
and
Chairman
Takano's
draft
bill
that
would
utilize
VA
grants
to
create
a
community
hub
model.
A
diagram
of
the
community
hub
model
and
Chairman
Takano's
opening
remarks
as
prepared
can
be
found
below.
Community
hubs
can
help
connect
veterans
to
resources
already
present
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11.13.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
addressed
the
issue
of
internet
spoofing
at
the
full
committee
investigative
hearing
entitled
"Hijacking
Our
Heroes:
Exploiting
Veterans
Through
Disinformation
on
Social
Media."
Here
is
a
video
of
Chairman
Takano's
opening
statement,
and
his
remarks
as
prepared
are
below.
Chairman
Takano's
remarks
as
prepared:
Today's
investigative
hearing
is
entitled
"Hijacking
Our
Heroes:
Exploiting
Veterans
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11.12.19 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Just
one
day
after
Veterans
Day,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
nine
bipartisan
bills
brought
to
the
floor
continuing
our
commitment
to
improving
veterans'
lives
by
ensuring
GI
benefits
are
protected,
implementing
GAO
recommendations
to
improve
management
and
care,
and
expanding
accessibility
to
appeals
hearings.
The
House
also
passed
the
Deborah
Sampson
Act
-
an
historic
package
of
bills
to
improve
the
lives
of
more
than
2
million
women
veterans.
This
Congress,
the
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11.11.19 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
released
the
following
statement
in
recognition
of
Veterans
Day:
"This
Veterans
Day,
we
are
doing
more
for
our
veterans
than
simply
saying
'Thank
you
for
your
service.'
When
I
became
Chairman
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs,
I
vowed
to
match
that
thank
you
with
action.
"100
years
since
Veterans
Day
first
began,
House
Democrats
have
kept
their
promise
to
our
veterans
by
holding
more
than
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11.05.19 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
released
the
following
statement
to
announce
a
roundtable
on
the
Improve
Well-Being
for
Veterans
Act
next
week:
"One
week
ago,
I
promised
that
our
Committee
would
host
a
roundtable
followed
by
a
legislative
hearing
to
allow
sufficient
time
to
fully
consider
the
provisions
and
impact
of
the
Improve
Well-Being
for
Veterans
Act.
Next
week,
I
will
deliver
on
this
promise
by
scheduling
our
roundtable.
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10.30.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
delivered
remarks
before
the
Subcommittee
on
Health's
oversight
hearing
entitled
"Native
Veterans'
Access
to
Healthcare.
Here
is
a
video
of
Chairman
Takano's
opening
statement
and
his
remarks
as
prepared
below:
Subcommittee
on
Health
Congresswoman
Brownley
meets
with
tribal
leaders
and
their
representatives.
Good
Morning.
I
want
to
thank
Chairwoman
Brownley
for
holding
this
important
hearing.
And
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10.29.19 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
released
the
following
statement
after
the
full
Committee
markup
where
the
Committee
passed
all
10
bills
despite
Republicans
walking
out
and
refusing
to
vote
on
the
Deborah
Sampson
Act:
"House
Republicans
just
walked
out
on
women
veterans
by
refusing
to
vote
on
an
historic
and
monumental
bill
to
extend
care
and
benefits
included
in
the
Deborah
Sampson
Act.
"My
Republican
colleagues
had
a
seat
at
the
table
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10.24.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
and
Subcommittee
on
Oversight
&
Investigations
Chairman
Chris
Pappas
released
the
following
statement
after
the
Inspector
General
(IG)
released
their
report
on
their
investigation
into
VA's
Office
of
Accountability
and
Whistleblower
Protection
(OAWP)
titled
"Failures
Implementing
Aspects
of
the
VA
Accountability
and
Whistleblower
Protection
Act
of
2017":
"The
Inspector
General
report
leaves
little
doubt
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10.16.19 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
held
a
full
Committee
markup
passing
all
six
bills
on
the
agenda
and
showing
full
commitment
to
improving
veterans'
lives
by
ensuring
GI
Bill
benefits
are
protected
from
predatory
for-profit
schools,
providing
legal
services
for
homeless
veterans,
addressing
key
high
risk
areas
within
VA,
improving
transparency,
and
protecting
business
opportunities
for
veterans.
A
full
list
of
bills
passed
can
be
found
below:
A.N.S.
to
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10.15.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
all
four
bills
on
the
floor
from
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
getting
results
for
veterans
by
giving
homeless
veterans
and
their
families
the
financial
assistance
they
need,
making
VA's
websites
more
accessible,
and
ensuring
our
veterans
are
remembered
and
memorialized
with
honor.
A
full
list
of
the
four
bills
passed
can
be
found
below:
H.R.
95,
(Rep.
Brownley)
To
amend
title
38,
United
States
Code,
to
ensure
that
… Read More
10.11.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
released
the
following
statement
after
leading
the
Committee's
Congressional
Delegation
to
Hawaii,
Guam,
the
Philippines,
and
the
Northern
Mariana
Islands:
"For
too
long,
veterans
throughout
US
territories
and
the
Pacific
have
been
overlooked.
Not
only
are
these
islands
strategically
important
for
our
defense
capabilities,
but
they
have
some
of
the
highest
rates
of
military
participation
in
our
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10.01.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
and
Ranking
Member
Dr.
Phil
Roe
(R-Tenn.)
challenged
all
Members
of
Congress
to
participate
in
the
Library
of
Congress'
Veterans
History
Project
(VHP)
before
this
year's
Veterans
Day
(November
11,
2019).
By
asking
Members
to
submit
at
least
one
of
their
veteran
constituents'
stories,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
hopes
to
build
up
VHP's
records
and
ensure
these
stories
are
heard.
"We
can
think
of
no
better
way
to
honor
the
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09.30.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Cali.)
is
announcing
a
bipartisan
congressional
delegation,
beginning
October
1st
through
the
11th,
to
the
Philippines,
Guam,
Northern
Marianas
Islands,
American
Samoa,
and
Hawaii.
On
this
trip,
Members
will
have
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
VA
and
military
leadership,
VSO
leaders,
servicemembers,
and
veterans
themselves
to
gain
first-hand
insight
into
how
veterans
and
servicemembers
who
live
outside
of
the
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09.26.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
toured
the
Washington
D.C.
VA
Medical
Center,
met
with
VA
leadership,
and
spoke
with
women
veterans
in
an
effort
to
address
sexual
assault
and
harassment
on
VA
campuses.
Chairman
Takano
is
continuing
his
call
for
action
after
Committee
staffer
and
Senior
Policy
Advisor
for
the
Women
Veterans
Task
Force,
Andrea
Goldstein,
experienced
a
sexual
assault
at
the
Washington
D.C.
VA
last
Friday.
Disabled
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09.24.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
DC
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
joined
Ranking
Member
of
the
Senate
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Jon
Tester
(D-Mont.)
in
calling
for
the
administration
to
start
processing
claims
for
eligible
Blue
Water
Navy
Vietnam
Veterans.
Video
of
the
event
can
be
found
here.
Below
are
remarks
as
prepared:
"In
June,
we
celebrated
a
landmark
achievement
and
passed
the
Blue
Water
Navy
Act
of
2019
to
finally
grant
benefits
to
the
tens
of
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09.20.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
released
their
new
data
detailing
suicide
rates
among
veterans
in
2017.
"As
Chairman
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs,
I've
made
addressing
veteran
suicide
my
top
priority--
but
these
numbers
make
it
clear
we're
not
doing
enough.
This
new
data
reaffirms
the
urgent
need
for
Americans
to
immediately
act
to
address
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09.20.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
DC
-
Today,
two
years
after
Hurricane
Maria
devastated
the
U.S.
Virgin
Islands
and
Puerto
Rico,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
continued
to
call
on
VA
to
strengthen
disaster
preparedness
and
emergency
response
efforts
and
guarantee
that
no
veteran
is
left
without
a
plan
in
the
event
of
a
natural
disaster.
VA
has
a
responsibility
to
ensure
they
care
for
the
more
than
90,000
veterans
who
live
on
these
islands
during
a
natural
disaster.
But
in
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09.18.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(CA-41)
delivered
opening
remarks
before
the
full
committee
oversight
hearing
entitled
"How
Barriers
To
Hiring
At
VA
Affect
Patient
Care
And
Access."
Additionally,
the
Committee
reauthorized
the
Women
Veterans
Task
Force
chaired
by
Congresswoman
Julia
Brownley.
Below
is
a
link
to
the
video
of
the
Chairman's
opening
statement
and
his
remarks
as
prepared:
Good
afternoon.
I
call
this
hearing
to
order.
Today's
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09.13.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-CA)
and
Senate
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Jon
Tester
(D-MT)
applauded
this
week's
federal
court
ruling
in
Wolfe
v.
Wilkie,
which
found
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
unlawfully
denied
payment
for
hundreds
of
thousands
of
veterans
whose
other
health
insurance
did
not
fully
cover
emergency
care
they
received
at
non-VA
facilities.
Chairman
Takano
and
Ranking
Member
Tester
today
urged
VA
to
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