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Recent News About Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal has voiced concern over a new interim final rule from the Trump Administration at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that changes how disability ratings for veterans are...
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, responded to a recent announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding veterans' Second Amendment rights.
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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal has criticized the Trump Administration’s decision to end a policy that prevented certain at-risk veterans from purchasing firearms.
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At a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) raised concerns about the rapid rise in costs associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community care program.
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U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who serve as chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, have requested that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an...
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led a committee hearing with representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and veteran adaptive athletes to review VA adaptive sports programs.
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Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, released a statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published its National Veterans Suicide Prevention annual report.
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Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), Angus King (I-ME), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) have called on the Department of Defense to review and confirm the presence of radiation and toxic substances at the Karshi Khanabad (K2) Air...
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Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, pressed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins for detailed data on VA staffing and spending during a committee oversight hearing in...
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Moran and Blumenthal introduce bill requiring unified national strategy for supporting U.S. veterans
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who serve as chairman and ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, have introduced new legislation that would require the President to create a national strategy...
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led a committee hearing with Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to discuss reforms to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) through the...
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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal, Senator Patty Murray, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, and other committee Democrats have introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution aimed at overturning a...
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the murder of Alex Pretti, a Department of Veterans Affairs Intensive Care Unit nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. “I...
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Senator Richard Blumenthal, the Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has released a report outlining the effects of recent policies on veterans and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees.
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, the Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has led a group of senators in seeking clarification from the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding concerns about potential political influence over...
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has introduced legislation aimed at permanently authorizing the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Bowel and Bladder program.
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has announced that Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins will testify before the committee regarding proposed changes to the VA health care system.
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Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has criticized the Trump Administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its recent decision to halt abortion care and counseling for veterans.
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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and several Democratic colleagues have introduced the Honor Our Promise to Veterans Act, a bill aimed at overhauling the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) health care...
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued a statement following the Senate’s confirmation of Air Force Reserve Major General John Bartrum as Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans...