Sentences with phrase «veterans affairs committee»

Akaka did chair the Veterans Affairs Committee, as well as the Indian Affairs Committee, from which he advocated for a long - sought cause: recognition of Native Hawaiian sovereignty and recognition as an indigenous people.

Military Veterans Affairs Committee assists Tampa Bay's military and veterans in legal matters.

During his time in congress, he worked on the Veterans Affairs Committee where, according to his profile at the Heartland Institute, he «was a leader in exposing the corruption and failures at the VA and pushing through a historic health care choice option for veterans.»

Introduced, first reading and referred to Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee on 2/9/09.

Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Public Safety and Civil Justice committee on 2/25/08.

On Sept. 26, the House Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing about several bills, including H.R. 2327, that can help servicemembers adjust back to non-combat life.

Rep. Bilirakis serves on the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is Vice Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

And, thanks to a previously passed bill sponsored by Council Member Paul Vallone, who sits on the Council's veterans affairs committee, the new department will have important data to help it direct resources for veterans.

At 11 a.m. Tuesday at City Hall, Council Speaker Mark - Viverito, Council Member Eric Ulrich, who chairs the Council's veterans affairs committee, military veterans, and advocates will celebrate the imminent creation of a new City Department of Veterans Services.

There will be a celebratory rally outside of City Hall on Tuesday at 11 a.m., then the veterans affairs committee of the Council will vote through the department bill, followed by the full Council.

On Tuesday, the House Veterans Affairs Committee passed another bill sponsored by a delegation member.

Mr. Behan represented the East End in the New York Assembly from from 1978 to 1995 and was a driving force behind the establishment of the Assembly's Veterans Affairs Committee.

Mr. Behan represented the South Fork in the State Assembly from 1978 to 1995 and helped create its Veterans Affairs Committee.

On April 17, the New Hampshire Senate Election Law and Veterans Affairs Committee passed HB 521, a bill to «study all current New Hampshire election laws and procedures and review all options to increase participation and access to the ballot.»

The House Veterans Affairs Committee is investigating the beleaguered Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center and will hold a field hearing on Long Island next month, a committee staff member said on Tuesday.

The House Veterans Affairs Committee is investigating the beleaguered Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center and will hold a field hearing on Long Island next month, a committee staff member said.

Democrats are launching robocalls to voters on Long Island's East End that charge their Republican congressman, Lee Zeldin, has missed two thirds of the hearings in his assignment to the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

David J. Shulkin, the veterans affairs secretary, at a hearing before the House veterans affairs committee on Thursday.

The U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing at the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Long Island on Tuesday.

As ranking member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, Ball announced legislation expanding the eligibility for veterans to receive tax exemption benefits, including the exemption of real property owned by certain disabled veterans from property taxation.

He stands to win the chairmanship of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee if he's re-elected and the Democrats retake the Senate.

Washington (CNN)- House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller says the response by the Department of Veterans Affairs to a subpoena from his committee over allegations of deadly health care delays has been «very weak» and «unacceptable.»

In an article from Newsday, a DCCC spokesman accused Zeldin of missing two - thirds of the Veterans Affairs Committee's hearings.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, a freshman Republican from Long Island, sits on the Veterans Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives.

Democrats said they are launching robocalls Tuesday to voters on Long Island's East End that charge their Republican congressman, Lee Zeldin, has missed two - thirds of the hearings in his assignment to the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

President Donald Trump escalated his feud with Democratic Sen. Jon Tester on Saturday morning, using a tweet to call for the Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member to resign.

Physician to the President U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson waves to journalists as he heads into a meeting with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R - GA) in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 16, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (L) testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee September 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.

The president spoke hours after Senator Johnny Isakson, chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said he and the panel's ranking Democrat, Jon Tester, decided to delay a hearing on Jackson's nomination that had been scheduled for Wednesday and sent a letter to Trump seeking more information.

Today, IAVA Chief Policy Officer Melissa Bryant provided testimony before a joint session of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees.

(CNN)- Sen. Patty Murray, co-crafter of the bipartisan budget agreement and member of the veterans affair committee, said Wednesday cuts to pension benefits for some military veterans under the spending plan was a part of a compromise to avoid billions in cuts to the defense industry.

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«The Senate Committee on Veterans» Affairs is postponing the hearing to consider the nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in light of new information presented to the committee,» Isakson and Tester said in a joint statement releasedCommittee on Veterans» Affairs is postponing the hearing to consider the nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in light of new information presented to the committee,» Isakson and Tester said in a joint statement releasedcommittee,» Isakson and Tester said in a joint statement released Tuesday.

«I just think the White House does not vet their nominees so it leaves us as members having to look at their personal and leadership and other qualities,» said Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington, a member of the Veterans» Affairs Committee.

USA Today in late February reported that Shulkin's assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, John Ullyot, in a call initiated by Cashour, had lobbied a senior aide on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade members of Congress to call the White House and request Shulkin's affairs, John Ullyot, in a call initiated by Cashour, had lobbied a senior aide on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade members of Congress to call the White House and request Shulkin's Affairs to persuade members of Congress to call the White House and request Shulkin's ouster.

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testifies before the House Veterans» Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on February 15, 2018 in Washington, DC.

«Starbucks has learned a lot on its journey, and we're just getting started,» Matt Kress, manager of Starbucks Veterans and Military Affairs, told the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans» Affairs.

And he accused Tester of trying to kill Jackson's nomination, despite the fact that Tester's concerns were shared by many Republicans in the Senate, including Sen. Johnny Isakson (R - GA), the Veterans» Affairs Committee chair.

The Policy Forum was pleased to welcome the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Phil Roe.

Former Rep. Jeff Miller, R - Fla., who chaired the House Committee on Veterans» Affairs before retiring from Congress last year, is considered a leading candidate to become President Donald Trump's next nominee for Veterans Affairs secretary, according to several people familiar with the matter.

USA Today's Donovan Slack reports: «John Ullyot, the VA's assistant secretary for public affairs, asked a senior aide at the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White House and say they wanted Shulkin out... The move was unsuccessful — but audacious since Ullyot is the secretary's highest ranking aide tasked with publicly defending him and the affairs, asked a senior aide at the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White House and say they wanted Shulkin out... The move was unsuccessful — but audacious since Ullyot is the secretary's highest ranking aide tasked with publicly defending him and the Affairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White House and say they wanted Shulkin out... The move was unsuccessful — but audacious since Ullyot is the secretary's highest ranking aide tasked with publicly defending him and the agency.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin testifies before the Senate Veterans» Affairs Committee on Sept. 27, 2017.

John Ullyot, the VA's assistant secretary for public affairs, asked a senior aide at the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White House and say they wanted Shulkin out, said both individuals, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the sitaffairs, asked a senior aide at the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White House and say they wanted Shulkin out, said both individuals, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the sitAffairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White House and say they wanted Shulkin out, said both individuals, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.

Trump will also hold a veterans affairs listening session, and meet with Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, head of the House Oversight Committee; and then with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, before hosting Green Beret qualification course young officers in the Oval Office.

In 1997, Meier served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.

Senator Rounds serves on five committees: Senate Armed Services; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Veterans» Affairs; Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship and...

William Gaylor (R - Lynbrook), chairman of the legislature's Veterans and Senior Affairs Committee, who has also worked on the issue, noted that the distance some Nassau veterans must travel to receive care is «simply unacceptable, especially when we have a top - rated medical facility, with world - renowned doctors and staff ready, willing and able to care for our veteransVeterans and Senior Affairs Committee, who has also worked on the issue, noted that the distance some Nassau veterans must travel to receive care is «simply unacceptable, especially when we have a top - rated medical facility, with world - renowned doctors and staff ready, willing and able to care for our veteransveterans must travel to receive care is «simply unacceptable, especially when we have a top - rated medical facility, with world - renowned doctors and staff ready, willing and able to care for our veteransveterans.»

The senator sits on the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee and said he holds a similar ceremony twice a year, at 38 - 50 -LSB-...]

He hopes to get a spot on the Ways and Means Committee, and is also interested in the Veterans» Affairs and Agriculture committees.

Chair of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee, Senator Greg Ball, joined us to discuss.

Nolan is currently chairwoman of the Assembly's Committee on Education and is a member of the Committee on Veterans» Affairs and Task Force on Women's Issues.