U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led a committee hearing to review 24 proposed bills concerning veterans. The session included input from representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Paralyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and the National Veterans Legal Services Program.
Senator Moran emphasized bipartisan cooperation in his remarks: “The bills on the agenda today represent a number of bipartisan priorities that would build on the successes Congress has achieved in expanding access to care and benefits for veterans, survivors, and their families - a notion everyone on this committee echoes,” said Sen. Moran. “I am grateful to all the sponsors of these bills for their work on these pieces of legislation and to VA for providing technical assistance on the legislation and to our veteran service organization partners for working with us to improve and advance these bills as well.”
Among the 24 legislative items discussed were two introduced by Senator Moran: the Sharing Essential Resources for Veterans Everywhere (SERVE) Act and the Fisher House Availability Act.
The hearing allowed committee members to ask questions to both VA officials and veteran service organizations about the proposed measures.
