01.07.19 •
Press Release
Orlando,
FL
-
Congressman
Darren
Soto
(FL-09)
welcomed
U.S.
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
to
Orlando’s
VA
Medical
Center
facilities
in
Lake
Nona.
Following
a
tour
of
the
VAMC
campus,
Chairman
Takano
and
Rep.
Soto
received
special
program
briefings
from
the
various
departments
in
the
medical
Center
and
met
with
the
center’s
administrators
and
medical
professionals.
Stated
Chairman
Takano:
“It
was
wonderful
to
visit
the
Orlando
VA
Medical
Center
in
Lake
Nona
and
I
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01.04.19 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
Representative
Mark
Takano
(D-CA)
released
the
following
statement
after
he
was
elected
by
his
Democratic
colleagues
to
serve
as
Chairman
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs:
“This
Congress,
we
have
an
incredible
opportunity
to
build
on
this
Committee’s
work
to
guarantee
veterans
access
to
high-quality,
timely
care
and
the
benefits
they
deserve.
Today’s
veterans
population
is
more
diverse
than
ever
before,
a
testament
to
the
shifting
demographic
strength
of
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12.19.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Vice
Ranking
Member
Mark
Takano
(D-CA)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
and
Senate
Veterans’
Affairs
Committees
met
in
open
session
to
assess
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
implementation
of
the
VA
MISSION
Act
of
2018:
“I
applaud
Chairmen
Roe
and
Isakson
and
Ranking
Member
Tester
for
holding
this
bicameral
oversight
hearing
today,”
said
Vice
Ranking
Member
Mark
Takano.
“As
the
first
oversight
hearing
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12.12.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Subcommittee
on
Disability
Assistance
and
Memorial
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Elizabeth
Esty
(D-CT)
released
the
following
statement
after
she
joined
Chairman
Phil
Roe,
M.D.
(R-TN)
in
hosting
a
full
Committee
hearing
examining
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
implementation
of
the
Veterans
Appeals
Improvement
and
Modernization
Act
of
2017:
“When
the
bipartisan
Veterans
Appeals
Improvement
and
Modernization
Act
of
2017
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12.10.18 •
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
S.
2248,
the
Veterans
Benefit
and
Transition
Act
of
2018:
“Today’s
legislation
includes
over
20
provisions
that
will
make
meaningful
improvements
to
the
lives
of
veterans
across
the
country,
including
my
bill
the
Veterans’
Electronic
Health
Record
Modernization
Oversight
Act
of
2017,
which
will
ensure
Congress
has
the
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12.10.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
renewed
his
call
for
transparency
in
a
letter
to
Veterans
Affairs
Secretary
Robert
Wilkie,
calling
on
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
to
immediately
provide
to
the
Committee
unredacted
communications
between
VA
officials
and
Mar-a-Lago
members
Ike
Perlmutter,
Bruce
Moskowitz,
and
Marc
Sherman,
as
well
as
all
travel
records
to
and
from
Mar-a-Lago.
Today’s
letter
comes
in
response
to
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11.30.18 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
after
numerous
reports
highlighted
continued
delays
in
GI
Bill
benefits
payments
and
failures
in
the
implementation
of
certain
housing
provisions
of
the
Forever
GI
Bill,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Vice
Ranking
Member
Mark
Takano
led
Democratic
Members
in
demanding
answers
from
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Secretary
Robert
Wilkie.
The
Harry
W.
Colmery
Veterans
Education
Assistance
Act
of
2017
(Forever
GI
Bill)
made
significant
improvements
to
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11.28.18 •
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)
announced
sweeping
changes
in
the
processing
of
GI
Bill
benefits
payments
under
the
Harry
W.
Colmery
Veterans
Educational
Assistance
Act
of
2017
(Forever
GI
Bill).
VA’s
announcement
comes
after
IT
issues
have
caused
thousands
of
student
veterans
to
go
months
without
receiving
the
GI
Bill
housing
benefits
they
were
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10.23.18 •
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
expressing
concern
about
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
processing
delays
for
GI
Bill
tuition,
fees,
and
housing
allowances
and
to
urge
the
Department
to
communicate
immediately
and
accurately
to
beneficiaries
facing
financial
hardship
as
a
result
of
the
delays
about
the
assistance
available
to
them.
Ranking
Member
Walz
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10.16.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
led
45
Members
of
Congress
in
sending
a
letter
to
Senate
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Johnny
Isakson
(R-GA)
urging
him
to
bring
H.R.
299,
the
Blue
Water
Navy
Vietnam
Veterans
Act
of
2018,
to
a
vote
in
committee
so
that
the
legislation
can
be
brought
to
the
Senate
floor
as
soon
as
possible.
The
Blue
Water
Navy
Vietnam
Veterans
Act
would
finally
grant
presumptive
Agent
Orange
exposure
… Read More
10.09.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
released
the
following
statement
after
he
sent
a
letter
to
Veterans
Affairs
Secretary
Robert
Wilkie
urging
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
to
comply
with
an
August
8
request
to
provide
the
Committee
any
and
all
communications
between
VA
officials
and
Ike
Perlmutter,
Bruce
Moskowitz,
and
Marc
Sherman
as
well
as
travel
records
to
and
from
Mar-a-Lago.
The
August
8
request
followed
news
… Read More
09.27.18 •
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
discuss
veteran
suicide
prevention,
hear
from
experts
in
the
veteran
community,
and
question
current
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
officials
over
the
progress
of
core
VA
initiatives
aimed
at
eliminating
suicide
among
veterans.
The
hearing
comes
one
day
after
the
VA
Office
of
Mental
Health
and
Suicide
Prevention
… Read More
09.26.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Office
of
Mental
Health
and
Suicide
Prevention
released
its
report,
“National
Suicide
Data
Report
2005-2016.”
“As
a
veteran
as
well
as
the
original
author
of
the
Clay
Hunt
Suicide
Prevention
for
American
Veterans
Act,
I
believe
that
the
VA
report
released
today
simply
reiterates
what
many
of
us
have
known
for
a
long
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09.25.18 •
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)
Office
of
Inspector
General
(OIG)
released
its
report,
“Review
of
Mental
Health
Care
Provided
Prior
to
a
Veteran’s
Suicide
Minneapolis
VA
Health
Care
System
Minnesota.”
“This
is
profoundly
unacceptable,”
said
Ranking
Member
Walz.
“The
findings
outlined
in
the
Inspector
General’s
report
are
deeply
disturbing.
The
finding
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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
… Read More
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,
… Read More
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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