02.14.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON
-
U.S.
Senators
Johnny
Isakson,
R-Ga.,
and
Jon
Tester,
D-Mont.,
chairman
and
ranking
member
of
the
Senate
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs,
and
U.S.
Representatives
Phil
Roe,
R-Tenn.,
and
Tim
Walz,
D-Minn.,
chairman
and
ranking
member
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs,
today
released
the
following
statement
regarding
the
U.S.
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Inspector
General’s
(IG)
report
on
travel
by
VA
Secretary
David
Shulkin
and
other
VA
officials
to
Europe
in
July
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02.06.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Health
Subcommittee
Ranking
Member
Julia
Brownley
(D-CA)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
full
Committee
met
in
open
session
to
discuss
the
status
of
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
Program
of
Comprehensive
Assistance
for
Family
Caregivers.
“When
President
Obama
signed
into
law
the
Caregivers
and
Veterans
Omnibus
Health
Services
Act
of
2010,
our
nation
took
a
major
step
forward
in
providing
care
and
benefits
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01.30.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
following
President
Donald
Trump’s
State
of
the
Union
address
to
Congress:
“Since
President
Trump
has
taken
office,
he
has
not
been
the
champion
for
veterans
he
promised
to
be,”
said
Rep.
Walz,
the
highest
ranking
enlisted
servicemember
ever
to
serve
in
Congress.
“During
the
2016
presidential
election,
President
Trump
made
service
to
veterans
a
central
pillar
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01.30.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
gave
the
following
opening
statement
as
the
Committee
met
in
open
session
to
conduct
an
oversight
hearing
examining
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
implementation
of
the
PL
115-55,
Veterans
Appeals
Improvement
and
Modernization
Act
of
2017.
Ranking
Member
Walz
Opening
Statement
As
Prepared
For
Delivery
Thank
you,
Mr.
Chairman.
The
Veterans
Appeals
Improvement
and
Modernization
Act
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01.17.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
gave
the
following
opening
statement
as
the
Committee
met
in
open
session
to
conduct
an
oversight
hearing
on
the
replacement
Denver
VA
Medical
Facility.
Ranking
Member
Walz
Opening
Statement
As
Prepared
For
Delivery
Veterans
have
been
waiting
over
15
years
for
a
replacement
VA
hospital
and
now
it
finally
appears
that
Colorado
veterans
will
have
a
state
of
the
art
facility
this
summer.
We
are
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01.16.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
released
the
following
statement
after
he
and
four
other
Democratic
members
of
the
committee
sent
a
letter
to
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Secretary
Dr.
David
Shulkin
to
clarify
and
reiterate
their
October
26
request
for
VA
to
begin
research
into
medical
cannabis
and
for
VA
to
specify
any
and
all
barriers
to
VA-led
research
into
medical
cannabis.
Today’s
letter
was
sent
in
response
to
VA’s
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01.09.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
released
the
following
statement
after
President
Trump
signed
an
executive
order
on
veteran
mental
healthcare
and
suicide
prevention.
“When
dealing
with
mental
healthcare
for
veterans
and
combating
the
epidemic
of
veteran
suicide,
there
is
absolutely
no
room
for
partisanship,”
said
Rep.
Walz,
the
highest
ranking
enlisted
servicemember
ever
to
serve
in
Congress.
“I
have
long
been
a
proponent
of
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01.04.18 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
released
the
following
statement
following
news
reports
that
Attorney
General
Jeff
Sessions
plans
to
instruct
the
Department
of
Justice
(DOJ)
to
crackdown
on
states
that
have
legalized
recreational
and
medical
cannabis.
The
news
comes
at
the
same
time
as
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
decision
to
allow
VA
doctors
to
discuss
medical
cannabis
with
veteran
patients:
“I
am
glad
to
see
VA
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12.19.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
passed
H.R.
4242,
the
VA
Care
in
the
Community
Act,
out
of
committee:
“I
have
always
said
it
is
imperative
that
any
permanent
solution
to
improve
VA
community
care
must
empower
rural
veterans,
help
hometown
doctors
cut
through
federal
red
tape,
increase
access
to
high-quality,
timely
healthcare,
maintain
our
commitment
… Read More
12.07.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
met
in
open
session
to
conduct
an
oversight
hearing
on
the
VA
Medical/
Surgical
Prime
Vendor
Next
Generation
(MSPV-NG)
program,
a
program
designed
to
streamline
the
purchasing
of
medical
devices
at
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA).
The
primary
focus
of
the
hearing
was
on
the
Government
Accountability
Office’s
report
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12.07.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
released
the
following
statement
in
response
to
news
reports
that
the
Trump
Administration
and
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
planned
to
end
a
$460
million
program
that
had
successfully
reduced
the
number
of
veterans
experiencing
homelessness
by
over
50%
since
2010.
After
outcry
from
Housing
and
Urban
Development
(HUD)
officials,
lawmakers,
and
advocacy
groups
for
veterans
and
the
homeless,
… Read More
11.17.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
he
sent
the
following
letter
to
President
Donald
Trump,
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Secretary
Dr.
David
Shulkin,
Department
of
Defense
(DoD)
Secretary
James
Mattis
demanding
the
details
of
an
Administration
proposal
-
developed
without
input
from
Congress
or
veterans
groups
-
to
merge
VA
and
DoD
health
systems
and
expand
VA
reliance
on
private
care.
In
… Read More
11.13.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
met
in
open
session
to
markup
H.R.
4243,
the
VA
Asset
and
Infrastructure
Review
(AIR)
Act
of
2017.
H.R.
4242,
the
VA
Care
in
the
Community
Act
of
2017,
legislation
that
would
have
taken
steps
to
consolidate
community
care
at
the
VA,
was
removed
last
night
from
markup
consideration.
“I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
members
of
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11.09.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
Co-Chair
of
the
National
Guard
and
Reserve
Components
Caucus,
sent
the
following
letter
to
House
Ways
and
Means
Committee
Chairman
Kevin
Brady
and
Ranking
Member
Richard
Neal
enumerating
the
many
ways
the
GOP
tax
plan,
H.R.
1,
The
Tax
Cuts
And
Jobs
Act,
will
put
the
prosperity
of
our
active
duty
servicemembers,
veterans,
and
military
families
at
risk:
The
full
text
of
the
letter
is
available
… Read More
11.07.17 •
Press Release
Washington,
D.C.
-
Today,
members
of
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs,
led
by
Chairman
Phil
Roe,
M.D.
(R-Tenn.)
and
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-Minn.),
introduced
a
bipartisan
bill
to
streamline
VA’s
community
care
accounts
into
one
veteran-centric
program
that
replaces
the
Choice
Program,
removing
the
current
30-day,
40-mile
requirement
to
give
veterans
more
timely
access
to
community
care.
Committee
members
released
the
following
statements:
“For
the
last
ten
months,
I’ve
sat
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11.03.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Phil
Roe,
M.D.
(R-Tenn.)
and
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-Minn.),
along
with
Subcommittee
on
Oversight
and
Investigations
Committee
Chairman
Jack
Bergman
(R-Mich.)
and
Ranking
Member
Annie
Kuster
(D-NH),
introduced
legislation
to
strengthen
Congress’
oversight
of
VA’s
implementation
of
its
new
electronic
health
records
system.
“As
chairman
and
a
physician,
I
know
firsthand
the
value
an
effective
electronic
health
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11.02.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
passed
eight
bills
out
of
committee:
“Each
day,
I
continue
to
be
proud
of
the
work
this
committee
does
to
improve
the
lives
of
our
nation’s
veterans.
Whether
it
is
streamlining
the
authorization
process
for
veterans’
apprenticeship
programs,
improving
the
Veterans
Crisis
Line,
or
making
VA
telemedicine
even
better,
the
… Read More
10.26.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN),
released
the
following
statement
after
he
and
the
nine
other
Democratic
members
of
the
committee
sent
a
letter
to
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Secretary
Dr.
David
Shulkin
urging
the
Veterans
Health
Administration
Office
of
Research
and
Development
(ORD)
to
begin
conducting
and
examining
research
into
medical
marijuana’s
effects
on
veterans
suffering
from
chronic
pain
and
post-traumatic
… Read More
10.24.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
gave
the
following
opening
statement
after
the
Committee
met
in
open
session
to
conduct
a
legislative
hearing
discussing
nine
health
care
related
bills.
Most
notably,
the
Committee
deliberated
language,
in
two
separate
proposals,
that
will
shape
the
future
of
VA’s
Community
Care
program.
Ranking
Member
Walz
Opening
Statement
As
Prepared
For
Delivery
Over
three
years
ago,
this
Committee
worked
… Read More
10.16.17 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Ranking
Member
Tim
Walz
(D-MN)
released
the
following
statement
after
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
held
a
legislative
hearing
on
draft
legislation,
the
Asset
and
Infrastructure
Review
Act
of
2017:
“Providing
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
Secretary
with
the
authority
and
support
he
needs
to
assess
and
ultimately
realign
VA’s
physical
infrastructure
is
one
of
this
Committee’s
top
priorities,
however,
the
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