The law started moving the needle. The 2017 Accountability Act led to a 50 percent increase in removal actions.
We cannot afford to backslide and wait for the same tragedies that occurred in Phoenix VA hospital to repeat themselves before we act.
We gave the VA Secretary more power to remove, demote, and suspend any VA employee for poor performance or misconduct.
I have been in Congress for not as long as some, but I have been around for a while.
Congress must make sure the VA does its job for Veterans and those who want to assist them by improving the accreditation application proces...
I'm encouraged to hear of the ongoing negotiations among Members of the Senate VA committee to build off the PLUS Act and draft their own ve...
I am concerned of the level of hostility the VA has shown toward private businesses - many of them Veteran-owned.
Veterans should be allowed to choose whatever option they decide to be in their best interest - filing on their own, going through a VSO, or...
Earlier this year, I introduced the PLUS for Veterans Act - H.R. 1822 - along with Lou Correa of California and my fellow committee member, ...
Proudly, I stood with veterans from across the community to say that it is unacceptable that we would lose this facility.
All of us owe a debt to those men and women who served and those who continue to serve our country.