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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. veteransU.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...
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Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has issued a statement following the Senate's confirmation of John Bartrum as Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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A group of 38 senators, led by Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), is seeking clarification from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) about plans to cut up to 35,000 vacant health care positions.
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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), along with 26 other senators, have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine how recent health care...
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Senator Richard Blumenthal, the Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued a statement in response to reports that the Trump Administration plans to cut up to 35,000 health care jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
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U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have introduced a bill to expand Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for U.S. veterans living in the...
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The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved legislation aimed at reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) acquisition processes.
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Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and John Boozman (R-AR) have introduced the Mammography Access for Veterans Act.
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At a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal spoke about the potential negative impact on veterans and their families if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits are not extended.