Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.), released the following statements after joining 74 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland requesting that the Department of the Interior resume providing the Honor Flight Network with the National Park Service’s United States Park Police (US... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Mike Bost (R-IL) and Ranking Member on the House Committee on Small Business Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) issued the following joint statement after sending a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office regarding access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs: “Veterans have served our nation honorably on the battlefield and continue... Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Oreg.), and Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.), released the following statements after joining over one hundred of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Director of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) calling for the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) to report... Read more »
Today, House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee leaders Ranking Member Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), are pushing to increase the resiliency of Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) medical supply chain and make responsible use of taxpayer dollars. “We write to urge you to initiate an updated needs ana... Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), led a letter to Chairman Takano urging him to bring the Committee back to Washington, D.C. immediately to conduct a full committee hearing on veteran mental health following the events in Afghanistan. Additional co-signers of the letter include: Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.)... Read more »
Today, House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make critical improvements to its travel reimbursement program for the nation’s veterans. “We write today to formally express our ongoing concerns regarding the roll out of the Department of Veterans Af... Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meek (R-Iowa), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and more than 130 Members of Congress, sent a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, urging the Secretary to maintain the current laws which... Read more »
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mike Bost and Chairman Mark Takano; Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney and Ranking Member Rep. James Comer; Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gerry Connolly and Ranking Member Rep. Jody Hice; and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Ranking Member Rep. Glenn Grothma... Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight & Reform, released the following statements after they joined a group of Republican lawmakers in writing to the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, regarding the massive delays veterans and their families ar... Read more »
Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and Members of the Republican California Congressional Delegation and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led the fight to ensure that California’s veterans have access to critical and lifesaving telemedicine in a letter to Marybel Batjer, President ... Read more »
