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Derrick Van Orden

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Derrick Van Orden is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues related to veterans, emphasizing the importance of the transition from active duty to civilian life for service members. Van Orden's legislative priorities reflect his commitment to supporting those who have served in the military.

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Mar 11, 2024

How many of these people were working on the southern border, immediately following the fires in Maui?

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Mar 11, 2024

Has anyone been fired for the misuse of billions of taxpayers' dollars, to your awareness?

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Mar 11, 2024

if there is one single member of FEMA working on the border processing illegal aliens coming into the country when our Hawaiian brothers and sisters are without homes, that's one too many, and I think that you have lost your way.

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Mar 11, 2024

So, you are good at giving away taxpayers' dollars?

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Mar 11, 2024

FEMA is not a person. FEMA is an agency.

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Feb 13, 2024

Many of my constituents are asking the USDA to use their emergency powers to change the dairy pricing formula from the 'average of' to the 'higher of.'

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Feb 13, 2024

I'm so glad the U.S. House passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in December--we need more milk options for schools and children, less chalk water more real milk.

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Feb 6, 2024

I remind my colleague that, in fact, I agree with him this one time. These events are connected, and the connection is the incredibly weak strategy the Biden administration has shown. That is why Putin invaded Ukraine and that is why Hamas…

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Dec 13, 2023

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana for painting a vivid and completely disingenuous picture of junior high school students being held down and having milk forced down their throats in a school cafeteria. I will also take the…

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Dec 12, 2023

Do you understand that these artisanal mines have thousands of children working in the condition of essentially slavery, mining cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

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Dec 12, 2023

the United States Government is subsidizing child slavery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Dec 5, 2023

I am proud to support the CARS Act, which will stop this executive overreach by the Biden administration by preventing the implementation of regulations that seek to limit consumer choice instead of allowing consumers to choose the vehicle…

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Nov 7, 2023

I call upon my fellow colleagues from both parties to say yes, we would stop the Holocaust. We will not stay silent as the 21st century holocaust unfolds before our very eyes. We will not. I cast my vote today to censure, to affirm our…

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Nov 2, 2023

On rollcall No. 569, I mistakenly voted ``no'' when I intended to vote ``aye.'' Amendment No. 60 Offered by Mr. Perry The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 60, printed in part A of…

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Nov 1, 2023

The VFW supports the draft bill to waive the VA home loan fee for service members with a service-connected disability.

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Nov 1, 2023

It is my number one legislative priority as the chairman of the subcommittee to prevent veteran suicide.

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Nov 1, 2023

Something, Mr. Chair, has to be done.

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Nov 1, 2023

On rollcall No. 559, I mistakenly voted ``yea'' when I intended to vote ``nay.'' ____________________

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Nov 1, 2023

If we can get our guys and gals behind the wheel and actively employed it to be fantastic.

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Nov 1, 2023

Success and a 50 percent failure rate is certainly not successful.

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Nov 1, 2023

We suggest adding to Section 1A that all policy and guidance updates be included on this VA website.

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Nov 1, 2023

I am here today not just as a U.S. Member of Congress, but as a 20 year Air Force veteran.

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Nov 1, 2023

I cannot agree with the word thriving.

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Nov 1, 2023

I actually have a lot of concerns about government bureaucracy.

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Nov 1, 2023

We support amending the specific credit hours required for eligibility in addition to extending this benefit to graduate degrees.

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