Arlington, VA – Today members of the Senate — Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Johnny Isakson, (R-GA), and Jon Tester (D-MT) — will introduce a new bipartisan accountability bill called the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017. The bill will reduce the time it takes to fire bad employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), give Secretary Shulkin the ability… Read more »
Arlington, VA – Today the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) will hold a hearing examining the Veterans Choice Program and the future of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care in the community program. In April, the Senate passed and President Trump signed a reauthorization and extension of the Veterans Choice Act, which was passed originally in 2014 as a… Read more »
Arlington, VA – Today the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the expedited removal and appeals authority granted by the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 is unconstitutional. The ruling was made in regards to the case of Helman v. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Sharon Helman was the director at the VA… Read more »
Tallahassee, FL – Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is applauding the Florida House and Senate for passing a budget that will not include Enterprise Florida, a costly corporate welfare program that hands out taxpayer funds to a few, large benefiting companies at the expense of many hardworking Floridians. CVA Coalitions Director Diego Echeverri issued the following statement: “It’s… Read more »
Arlington, VA – Tonight the Trump administration released the names of five new judicial nominees to fill federal appeals court positions in Michigan, Alabama, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Indiana. Joan Larsen, Kevin Newsom, John Bush, David Stras, and Amy Barrett are now poised to fill positions on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 11th Circuit Courts. Concerned Veterans… Read more »
Arlington, VA — Today the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a new report confirming that just two years ago veterans were dying waiting for care at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Los Angeles, California. The report found 225 patients died with open or pending consults at the time of their deaths,… Read more »
Arlington, VA – At a House hearing yesterday, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin stated that he’d identified hundreds of empty or under-utilized VA buildings costing the federal government $25 million annually. He said that he would work with Congress in prioritizing buildings for closure. An internal VA report showed that of the… Read more »
