However, when I asked the VA if they had a plan to get better, the response was that they were trying. Well, trying is not good enough.

I have along with Chrissy Houlahan introduced H.R. 3495, the Improve Act, that would expand the Department of Veterans Affairs' suicide prevention programs.

Representative Bost, former chair and current Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, also held a hearing last Congress to examine how the Veterans Benefits Administration could effectively prevent…

When processing delays result in a veteran being overpaid, VA creates a debt to recover the overpayment.

H.R. 3495- the IMPROVE Well-Being for Veterans Act, sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman. Every day, 22 veterans take their lives.

Our bill, H.R. 3495, the Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act, proposes a grant program for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Make no mistake. This Committee believes the importance of having people who are brave enough to stand up and blow the whistle on the missteps and misdeeds within the Department.

we all have a responsibility to protect the whistleblowers to create a culture in which everyone is held accountable

As I have said before, and it needs to be repeated again, whistleblowers are an important source of information, and they should not be ignored.

I appreciate your holding the hearing open to allow us to employees receive testimony from government witnesses who administer the whistleblower programs.

I am a proud member of that task force and I echo the chairman's comments about getting more of our colleagues involved.

If whistleblowers do not have confidence in the system, we are putting patient health and safety at risk.