09.04.18 •
Press Release
(Washington
D.C.)
-
U.S.
Senators
Jon
Tester
(D-Mont.),
Dan
Sullivan
(R-Alaska)
and
Representatives
Phil
Roe
(TN-01)
and
Tim
Walz
(MN-01)
are
urging
the
U.S.
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
to
begin
clinical
trials
to
better
understand
the
potential
benefits
or
dangers
of
medical
cannabis
use.
In
a
letter
to
VA
Secretary
Robert
Wilkie,
the
members
ask
him
to
begin
a
large-scale
study
as
soon
as
possible,
so
veterans
using
medical
cannabis
to
treat
post-traumatic
stress
disorder
and
chronic
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08.08.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
sent
the
following
letter
to
Veterans
Affairs
Secretary
Robert
Wilkie
requesting
that
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
provide
any
and
all
communications
between
VA
officials
and
Ike
Perlmutter,
Bruce
Moskowitz,
and
Marc
Sherman
to
Congress
without
delay.
The
letter
follows
news
reports
alleging
that
the
three
men,
all
members
of
President
Trump’s
private
Palm
Beach,
Florida
club
Mar-a-Lago,
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07.26.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
sent
the
following
letter
to
Attorney
General
Jeffrey
Sessions
urging
the
Department
of
Justice
(DOJ)
to
immediately
investigate
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Acting
Secretary
Peter
O’Rourke
for
false
or
misleading
statements
made
before
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
on
June
26,
2018
and
July
17,
2018.
Ranking
Member
Walz
was
joined
by
Representatives
Mark
Takano
(D-CA)
and
Kathleen
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07.24.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
seven
bipartisan
veterans
bills,
including
multiple
pieces
of
legislation
championed
by
Democrats:
“We
owe
our
deepest
gratitude
and
respect
to
the
brave
men
and
women
who
risked
their
lives
to
defend
this
nation,”
said
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz.
“The
legislation
the
House
passed
today
will
make
meaningful
improvements
to
the
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07.24.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Vice
Ranking
Member
Mark
Takano
(D-CA)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
full
committee
met
in
open
session
to
assess
how
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
has
implemented
the
Veterans
Appeals
Improvement
and
Modernization
Act
of
2017
since
the
legislation
was
signed
into
law.
During
the
hearing,
Vice
Ranking
Member
Takano
addressed
several
challenges
facing
appeals
modernization,
including
leadership
vacancies
and
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07.23.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
Senate
voted
to
confirm
Robert
Wilkie
to
be
Secretary
of
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA):
“I
firmly
believe
that
any
individual
nominated
by
President
Trump
to
be
Secretary
of
Veterans
Affairs
will
inherently
work
to
move
key
VA
services,
initiatives,
and
resources
into
the
private
sector,”
said
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz.
“That
is
why
I
find
Mr.
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07.19.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
released
the
following
statement
after
he
led
a
group
of
nine
committee
Democrats
in
sending
a
letter
to
Special
Counsel
Henry
Kerner
requesting
an
investigation
into
whether
Acting
Secretary
of
Veterans
Affairs,
Mr.
Peter
O’Rourke
or
his
staff
have
violated
the
Hatch
Act
or
other
Title
5
prohibitions
against
removing,
demoting,
or
reassigning
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
employees
for
… Read More
07.18.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
alongside
House
Military
Construction,
Veterans
Affairs,
and
Related
Agencies
(MCVA)
Appropriations
Subcommittee
Ranking
Member
Debbie
Wasserman
Schultz
(D-FL),
released
the
following
statement
in
response
to
a
letter
sent
by
Senate
Budget
Committee
Chairman
Mike
Enzi
(R-WY)
and
House
Budget
Committee
Chairman
Steve
Womack
(AR-03)
to
the
members
of
the
conference
committee
for
H.R.
5895,
… Read More
07.17.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Vice
Ranking
Member
Mark
Takano
(D-CA)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
full
Committee
met
in
open
session
to
investigate
how
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Accountability
and
Whistleblower
Protection
Act
of
2017
(Accountability
Act)
has
been
implemented
over
the
past
year.
The
Accountability
Act
was
a
compromise
bill
that
was
intended
to
give
VA
more
tools
to
hold
bad
employees
accountable
while
maintaining
… Read More
07.12.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
committee
voted
to
advance
10
pieces
of
bipartisan
veterans
legislation,
including
multiple
bills
championed
by
Democrats:
“Once
again,
our
committee
came
together
to
improve
the
lives
of
our
nation’s
veterans,”
said
Rep.
Walz.
“I
could
not
be
prouder
of
the
legislation
we
advanced
today
and
the
work
our
committee
accomplishes
on
a
daily
basis.
I
am
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07.12.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
approved
the
creation
and
leadership
of
the
Subcommittee
on
Technology
Modernization.
The
subcommittee
was
announced
by
Chairman
Phil
Roe,
M.D.
(R-Tenn.)
and
Ranking
Member
Walz
(D-Minn.)
on
June
20
and
will
focus
on
oversight
of
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
technology
projects,
specifically
the
Electronic
Health
Record
(EHR)
Modernization
program.
“As
the
department
embarks
on
the
nation’s
largest
EHR
overhaul,
it
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06.26.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
full
Committee
met
in
open
session
to
conduct
an
oversight
hearing
regarding
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
$16
billion
Electronic
Health
Record
(EHR)
Modernization
program.
“Veterans
have
waited
decades
for
an
electronic
health
record
that
is
interoperable
with
DoD,
and
they
deserve
a
system
that
works
flawlessly,”
said
Rep
Walz.
“To
get
EHR
… Read More
06.26.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
H.R.
299,
the
Blue
Water
Navy
Vietnam
Veterans
Act
of
2017.
The
bill
grew
out
of
legislation
Ranking
Member
Walz
championed
in
previous
Congresses.
The
Blue
Water
Navy
Vietnam
Veterans
Act
would
finally
grant
presumptive
Agent
Orange
exposure
status
to
U.S.
service
members
who
served
off
the
coast
of
Vietnam
during
the
… Read More
06.20.18 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
Rep.
Phil
Roe,
M.D.
(R-Tenn.)
and
Tim
Walz
(D-Minn.),
Chairman
and
Ranking
Member
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs,
respectively,
announced
a
hearing
entitled,
“VA
Electronic
Health
Record
Modernization:
The
Beginning
of
the
Beginning.”
The
full
committee
hearing
will
be
held
on
June
26,
2018
at
10:00
a.m.
Chairman
Roe
and
Ranking
Member
Walz
also
announced
they
will
create
a
new
subcommittee
under
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
to
focus
on
… Read More
06.20.18 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
Rep.
Phil
Roe,
M.D.
(R-Tenn.)
and
Tim
Walz
(D-Minn.),
Chairman
and
Ranking
Member
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs,
respectively,
introduced
a
resolution
to
designate
the
week
of
June
18,
2018
as
National
GI
Bill
Commemoration
Week.
Senators
Carper
(D-Del.),
Isakson
(R-Ga.),
Sullivan
(R-Ala.)
and
Tester
(D-Mont.)
introduced
the
Senate
version
of
this
resolution.
The
first-ever
GI
Bill
was
signed
into
law
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
on
June
22,
… Read More
06.19.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
reacting
to
a
threatening
letter
sent
by
Acting
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
Secretary
Peter
O’Rourke
to
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
Inspector
General
Michael
Missal:
“The
letter
sent
from
Acting
Secretary
O’Rourke
to
VA
Inspector
General
Missal
is
beyond
the
pale,
even
for
this
administration,”
said
Walz.
“In
his
letter,
O’Rourke
made
an
explicit
attempt
… Read More
06.18.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
multiple
news
outlets
reported
that
nearly
half
of
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
nursing
homes
received
VA’s
lowest
ranking
of
one
out
of
five
stars,
data
VA
purposefully
sought
to
keep
from
the
public:
“Widespread
underperformance
at
VA
nursing
homes
is
a
betrayal
of
veterans’
trust
and
wellbeing,”
said
Rep.
Walz.
“VA
concealing
this
data
from
the
… Read More
06.06.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
John
S.
McCain
III,
Daniel
K.
Akaka,
and
Samuel
R.
Johnson
VA
Maintaining
Internal
Systems
and
Strengthening
Integrated
Networks
Act
of
2018,
otherwise
known
as
the
VA
MISSION
Act
of
2018,
was
signed
into
law:
“Ensuring
veterans
have
access
to
high
quality
and
timely
healthcare
is
a
moral
obligation
we
all
share
in
this
country,”
said
Rep.
Walz.
“While
the
… Read More
05.21.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
of
Representatives
voted
to
pass
H.R.4245,
the
Veterans’
Electronic
Health
Record
Modernization
Oversight
Act
of
2017,
along
with
13
other
pieces
of
bipartisan
legislation
designed
to
honor
and
improve
the
lives
of
veterans
across
the
United
States.
The
VA
Electronic
Health
Record
Modernization
Oversight
Act,
which
is
sponsored
by
Ranking
Member
Walz,
… Read More
05.17.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
Department
of
Veterans’
Affairs
(VA)
entered
into
a
contract
with
Cerner
Corporation
to
modernize
VA’s
electronic
health
record
(EHR)
system:
“Modernizing
VA’s
electronic
health
record
system
has
been
one
of
my
highest
priorities
since
coming
to
Congress,”
said
Rep.
Walz.
“For
too
long,
servicemembers
transitioning
from
the
Department
of
Defense
(DoD)
to
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