12.23.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
the
Fiscal
Year
(FY)
2023
Consolidated
Appropriations
bill,
which
includes
an
unprecedented
$300
billion
to
help
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
support
veterans
and
their
families.
The
funding
provided
to
VA
will
expand
access
to
services
for
veterans
and
will
boost
oversight
and
accountability
across
the
Department.“The
$300
billion
provided
to
VA
in
this
year’s
appropriations
bill
is
demonstrative
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12.22.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C. –
This
week,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
a
bill
that
honors
the
life
and
service
of
Colonel
Mary
Louise
Rasmuson
and
Representative
Mike
Levin’s
(D-Calif.)
bill
to
extend
COVID
remote
learning
measures
to
other
emergencies
to
ensure
students
can
easily
access
and
maintain
their
earned
G.I.
bill
and
other
education
benefits.
This
bill
also
includes
Representative Lizzie
Fletcher's
bill
to
expand
eligibility
for
disabled
veterans
to
obtain
vehicles
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12.20.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
– Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
on
the
Fiscal
Year
(FY)
2023
Consolidated
Appropriations
bill,
a
bill
that
includes
over
$300
billion
in
funding
to
support
veterans
and
their
families
–
the
largest
budget
ever
for
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA).
These
resources
will
expand
access
to
services
for
veterans
and
will
boost
oversight
and
accountability
across
the
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12.15.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano’s
(D-Calif.) VA
Employee
Fairness
Act.
Chairman
Takano’s
bill
would
bring
parity
to
the
federal
workforce
by
restoring
full
collective
bargaining
rights
for
VA
Title
38
healthcare
professionals,
including
registered
nurses,
physicians,
dentists,
and
physician
assistants. “For
our
country
to
ensure
that
veterans
receive
the
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12.14.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
delivered
opening
remarks
at
the full
Committee's
legislative
hearing on
a
discussion
draft
of
Majority
Whip
James
E.
Clyburn's
VA
Housing
Loan
Forever
Act,
a
bill
that
addresses
historical
racial
inequities
as
a
result
of
veterans
of
color
being
blocked
from
accessing
their
earned
benefits.
Click here to
watch
Chairman
Takano's
remarks.
Chairman
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12.13.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
delivered
remarks
at
the
Subcommittee
on
Economic
Opportunity's
roundtable
on
Guard
and
Reserve
parity
issues.
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
as
prepared:
Thank
you
Chairman
Levin
for
inviting
me
to
participate
in
this
roundtable
discussion
today
on
Guard
and
Reserve
parity
issues.
We
live
in
a
new
age
of
national
defense
where
we
utilize
the
total
force
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12.13.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
delivered
remarks
at
the
full
Committee hearing
examining
the
role
of
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
in
the
federal
response
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
as
prepared:
Since
March
2020,
leaders
from
VA’s
Veterans
Health
Administration
and
Office
of
Emergency
Management
have
had
to
continuously
develop
and
redevelop
the
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12.12.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
as
part
of
the Department
of
Veterans'
Affairs
PACT
Week
of
Action,
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
video
PSA
reminding
toxic-exposed
veterans
of
their
new
benefits
under
his
Honoring
our
PACT
Act, which
was
signed
into
law
in
August.
Watch
Chairman
Takano's
video here.
Chairman
Takano’s
script
as
prepared:
Hi,
I’m
Mark
Takano,
Chairman
of
the
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12.07.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
(HVAC)
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
delivered
opening
remarks
at
the
full
Committee's
hearing
on
his Honoring
our
PACT
Act, entitled, "Fulfilling
our
PACT:
Ensuring
Effective
Implementation
of
Toxic
Exposure
Legislation."
Watch
Chairman
Takano's
remarks here.
Chairman
Takano’s
remarks
as
prepared:
Once
again,
good
morning
to
everyone
joining
us
today
for
this
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12.01.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– Today,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
five
bills
to
support
and
honor
veterans
by
expanding
maternal
healthcare
for
women
veterans,
increasing
outreach
and
access
for
tribal
veterans,
expanding
clothing
benefits
for
disabled
veterans
and
improving
long-term
healthcare
options
for
veterans.
The
House
also
continued
to
honor
the
bravery
and
sacrifices
of
servicemembers
by
renaming
the
VA
outpatient
clinic
in
Greenville,
South
Carolina
the
"Lance
Corporal
Dana
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11.30.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
—
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
issued
the
following
statement
after
leading
a
Congressional
delegation
to
Italy,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Iraq,
and
Lebanon
over
the
Thanksgiving
Holiday
work
period.
The
delegation
follows
trips
abroad
in
2019
and
2021
to
spend
Thanksgiving
with
forward
deployed
servicemembers
and
their
families
and
included
Representatives
Colin
Allred
(D-Tex.),
Elissa
Slotkin
(D-Mich.),
and
Katie
Porter
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11.24.22 •
Press Release
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
led
a
Congressional
Delegation
to
Kuwait
to
serve
Thanksgiving
meals
to
servicemembers
and
veterans
currently
forward
deployed
to
the
Middle
East.
Chairman
Takano
was
joined
by
Reps.
Colin
Allred
(D-Tex.),
Elissa
Slotkin
(D-Mich.),
and
Katie
Porter
(D-Calif.).
“I
am
honored
to
once
again
share
a
Thanksgiving
meal
with
servicemembers
and
veterans
stationed
in
Kuwait
and
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11.17.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
– This
week,
the
House
of
Representatives
passed
12
bills
to
support
and
honor
veterans.
Eight
of
these
bills
will rename
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
facilities
to
honor
the
service
and
lives
of
veterans.
The
House
also
passed
bills
which
reaffirm
the
Committee’s
dedication
to
improving
the
quality
of
care
at
VA,
including
ensuring
that
the
Veterans
Health
Administration
(VHA)
can
continue
to
conduct
top-tier
research
to
provide
veterans
with
the
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11.16.22 •
Press Release
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
-
Today,
the
House
Committee
on
Veterans'
Affairs
held
a
markup
and
advanced
Subcommittee
on
Economic
Chairman
Mike
Levin's
(D-Calif.)
bipartisan
Mark
O'Brien
VA
Clothing
Allowance
Improvement
Act.
This
bill
amends
VA's
existing
clothing
allowance
program
by
enabling
automatic
payments
to
continue
on
a
recurring
basis
until
the
veteran
opts
out
of
the
program
or
is
no
longer
eligible.
"Thanks
to
Chairman
Levin
and
Ranking
Member
Moore's
bipartisan
bill,
we
are
making
it
easier
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11.11.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
— Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
in
recognition
of
Veterans
Day:
Click here to
watch
Chairman
Takano's
Veterans
Day
message.
Happy
Veterans
Day! Today is
a
day
of celebration – a day
to properly
honor
the
service
of
veterans
from
all
walks
of
life who defended
our
country
and our
democracy. I
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11.07.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
a
Majority
Staff
report
on
women
veterans’
access
to
reproductive
healthcare.
The
report
summarizes
key
findings
from
the
Committee’s
reproductive
healthcare
oversight
initiative
which
included
meeting
with
women
veterans
and
executive
leaders
at
VA
facilities
in
four
states
and
the
Committee’s
September
15,
2022,
oversight
hearing.
It
also
includes
recommendations
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11.03.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
issued
a
statement
following
the
release
of
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development’s
(HUD)
Point-in-Time
(PIT)
count
on
veterans
experiencing
homelessness.
This
year’s
PIT
count
saw
an
11
percent
decrease
in
veteran
homelessness,
the
largest
drop
in
over
five
years.
“For
the
second
consecutive
year,
we
are
seeing
the
success
of
Congress's
efforts
to
reduce
the
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10.27.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
–
Today,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif)
released
a
majority
staff
report
entitled,
"Report
on
the
Importance
of
Peer
Support
in
Preventing
Domestic
Violent
Extremism.”
This
report
is
based
on
findings
from
the
Committee’s
March
2022
investigative
hearing
examining
key
factors
that
place
a
small
but
growing
number
of
veterans
at
risk
of
radicalization
and
recruitment
by
domestic
violent
extremist
groups.
Click
… Read More
10.14.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
– Last
week,
House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
and
54
of
his
colleagues
sent
a
public
comment
letter
expressing
support
for
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs’
(VA)
Interim
Final
Rule
(IFR),
which
allows
for
abortion
counseling
and
abortions
in
cases
of
rape,
incest,
and
health
of
the
woman. “This
is
a
long-overdue
step
in
improving
care
for
women
veterans,
and
in
furthering
VA’s
ongoing
efforts
to
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10.14.22 •
Press Release
RIVERSIDE,
CA
– House
Committee
on
Veterans’
Affairs
Chairman
Mark
Takano
(D-Calif.)
released
the
following
statement
supporting
VA’s
action
to
close
the
gap
in
survivor
benefits
for
certain
survivors
of
LGBTQ+
veterans.
This
ruling
immediately
impacts
LGBTQ+
veterans
who
were
unable
to
wed
until
the Obergefell
v.
Hodges Supreme
Court
decision,
and
who
were
not
married
to
their
now-deceased
veteran
spouses
for
long
enough
to
qualify
for
survivor
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