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USDA Website Gives Veterans Outdated SNAP Information as Partnership With VA Stalls

The GAO report recommends that USDA update its eligibility page, build SNAP outreach materials for veterans with VA, and put ...
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Full Committee Markup: Democrats Support Veterans, Republicans Push Privatization

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-CA) released the following statement following a full committee markup. “Today, Committee Democrats led two bills ...
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Ranking Member Takano Warns Against Republican Bid to Strip Veterans of Their Disability Benefits

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano condemned the Republican package H.R. 9237 and S. 4744, the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, that was introduced ...
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Ranking Member Takano Condemns New VA Rule Changing Veteran Disability Rating Evaluation

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano released the following statement expressing his concerns with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) interim final ...
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Ranking Member Walz Demands Details Into Trump Administration’s Secret Plan To Merge VA Choice And DoD TRICARE

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 ...
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Major Richard Star Act Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures

WASHINGTON — Last night, the Major Richard Star Act discharge petition, championed by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39) and Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25) ...
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Ranking Member Tim Walz Welcomes New Staff Director and Deputy Staff Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Tim Walz (D-MN) released the following statement welcoming Raymond ‘Ray’ Kelley as the Democrats’ new Staff Director and ...
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Ranking Member Takano’s Statement on Executive Orders Impacting Veterans

WASHINGTON - On Inauguration Day, President Trump issued a series of Executive Orders (EOs) impacting veterans and civil servants who are employed by and seek care at the Department of Veterans ...
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Chairman Bost Weaponizes VA Against VFW

WASHINGTON-Today, after Chairman Mike Bost’s and Congressman Jack Bergman’s July 1, 2026, letter requesting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigate the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the ...
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Subpoenas Served: Democrats Force Oracle's Ellison and Sicilia to Face Congress

WASHINGTON — Today, subpoenas compelling Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and CEO Mike Sicilia to testify about the company's troubled Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record ...
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Ranking Member Takano Pushes for Major Richard Star Act Discharge Petition Signatures at VSO Backed Press Conference

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano held a press conference with his Major Richard Star Act discharge petition cosponsor, Congressman Raul Ruiz ...