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
… Read More
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
… Read More
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
… Read More
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
… Read More
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
… Read More
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
… Read More
09.11.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
DC
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
joined
volunteers
at
the
'Carry
the
Load'
Day
of
Service
at
the
Alexandria
National
Cemetery
to
thank
those
who
spent
the
day
remembering
those
we've
lost
since
9/11
by
cleaning
the
cemetery
headstones
and
grounds.
Full
text
of
Chairman
Takano's
remarks
below:
Good
morning--
thank
you
for
inviting
me
here
this
morning
on
this
somber
day.
First,
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
Colonel
Danny
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09.10.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
DC
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-California)
and
Subcommittee
on
Oversight
&
Investigations
Chair
Chris
Pappas
(D-New
Hampshire)
announced
a
subcommittee
hearing
this
fall
to
address
credentialing,
privileging,
and
reporting
after
troubling
allegations
of
incidents
at
VA
facilities
in
Arkansas
and
West
Virginia.
"The
shocking
reports
from
West
Virginia
and
Arkansas
call
into
question
whether
VA
is
equipped
to
identify
clinicians
who
are
… Read More
09.10.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
DC
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
Department
of
Veterans'
Affairs
decided
to
break
with
the
California
State
Approving
Agency
for
Veterans
Education
(CSAAVE)
tasked
with
looking
for
fraud,
waste,
and
abuse
at
institutions
that
enroll
student
veterans.
"I
am
concerned
by
the
Department
of
Veterans'
Affairs
decision
to
not
offer
a
cooperative
agreement
with
the
California
State
Approving
Agency
… Read More
09.01.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
DC
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
video
statement
to
mark
the
beginning
of
National
Suicide
Prevention
Awareness
month
and
reiterate
his
call
for
a
VA
wide
stand-down
to
address
the
crisis
of
veteran
suicide.
Full
text
of
the
video
statement
below:
I
am
Congressman
Mark
Takano,
Chairman
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs.
Today
marks
the
beginning
of
National
Suicide
Prevention
Awareness
Month--
and
… Read More
08.23.19 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
-
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
today
issued
the
statement
below
following
reports
of
multiple
suspicious
deaths
at
the
Louis
A.
Johnson
VA
Medical
Center
in
Clarksburg,
West
Virginia:
"To
think
that
veterans
may
have
been
victims
of
cruel
and
evil
criminal
behavior
is
incredibly
disturbing.
If
VA
was
aware,
it
must
hold
supervisors
accountable
for
failing
to
protect
veterans
and
must
take
decisive
action
now
to
prevent
such
appalling
… Read More
08.23.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
DC
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
issued
the
following
statement
after
the
VA
Office
of
Inspector
General
(IG)
released
a
report
on
the
tragic
veteran
suicide
at
the
West
Palm
Beach
VA
Medical
Center
in
March
2019.
"After
3
suicides
on
VA
property
in
5
days
in
April,
I
directed
this
Committee
to
address
the
national
crisis
of
veteran
suicide
and
made
it
this
Committee's
top
priority.
We
took
immediate
steps,
held
hearings,
and
… Read More
