106th CONGRESS PRESS RELEASES
Rep. Bob Stump, AZ, Chairman
Carl D. Commenator, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

105th Congress
104th Congress
106th Congress, 1st Session

2nd Session, 106th Congress

• November 22, 2000 STUMP: GORE BACKERS ‘DISENFRANCHISING’ MILITARY PERSONNEL BY CHALLENGING BALLOTS

• November 9, 2000 STUMP COMMENDS VA SECRETARY FOR PROMPT DECISION ON DIABETES, URGES VIETNAM VETS TO GET TESTED

• November 2, 2000 Congressional Leaders Urge Vietnam Veterans to Be Tested for Diabetes

• October 17, 2000 ‘DUTY TO ASSIST’ VETERANS, COLA PASS HOUSE, GO TO PRESIDENT FOR SIGNATURE

• October 17, 2000 HOUSE PASSES FINAL VETERANS’ PACKAGE OF HEALTH, COMPENSATION, BENEFITS MEASURES

• September 26, 2000 GAO Study Documents VA ‘Noncompliance’ With Protections for Veterans in Medical Experiments

• September 21, 2000 HOUSE PASSES PAY HIKE FOR VA NURSES AND INCREASED ACCESS TO VA HEALTH CARE

• September 21, 2000 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMPUTER SYSTEM FOUND HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO HACKERS

• September 13, 2000 VA COMMITTEE CALLS FOR HIKE IN VA NURSE PAY AND INCREASED ACCESS TO VA HEALTH CARE

• September 7,2000 VA HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS OUT MEASURE INCREASING NURSES PAY, VETERANS ACCESS TO CARE

• September 6, 2000 STUMP PRAISES HOUSE RECOGNITION OF VIETNAM WAR POW ALVAREZ

• July 25, 2000 House Passes Bill Directing VA Secretary to Help Veterans with Disability Claims

• July 20, 2000 COMMITTEE PASSES MEASURE MANDATING VA ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS FILING CLAIMS

• May 23, 2000 HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES UPGRADED MONTGOMERY GI BILL

• May 18, 2000 CONGRESSMAN TERRY EVERETT RELEASES GAO REPORT CRITICAL OF VA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT
  VA EMPLOYEES UNAWARE OF FEDERAL WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS DESPITE LAW REQUIRING THEY BE INFORMED OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS

• May 11, 2000 VA Committee Keeps Promise to Upgrade Montgomery GI Bill in Wake of Rising Education Costs

• April 11, 2000 GAO CREDITS EVERETT'S SUBCOMMITTEE WITH PROMPTING VA AND FDA EFFORTS TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL Y2K PROBLEMS

• April 5, 2000 VA SUBCOMMITTEE TARGETS 'IMPLODING' SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING VETERANS' DISABILITY CLAIMS

• April 5, 2000 VA TO RETURN TO DRAWING BOARD ON FACILITY RESTRUCTURING

• March 1, 2000 VETERAN/MILITARY, EDUCATION & CONGRESSIONAL COALITION SEEK UPDATED VERSION OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL

• February 7, 2000 STUMP GREETS CLINTON/GORE VA BUDGET WITH MIXTURE OF APPROVAL AND SKEPTICISM

1st Session, 106th Congress   

• November 16, 1999 HOUSE PASSES COMPREHENSIVE VETERANS' HEALTH AND BENEFITS PACKAGE

• November 12, 1999 STUMP SAYS DEMOCRATS BLAME REPUBLICANS FOR CLINTON BUDGETING PROVISION

• November 8, 1999 VETERANS DAY 1999, REP. BOB STUMP (R-AZ), CHAIRMAN

• October 28, 1999 EVERETT, BROWN PRAISE VA, FDA FOR PROGRESS IN ASSURING Y2K COMPLIANCE

• October 14, 1999 STUMP APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF CONFERENCE AGREEMENT INCREASING VA BUDGET

• October 6, 1999 STUMP APPLAUDS ENACTMENT OF DEFENSE BILL THAT WILL EXPAND ARLINGTON CEMETERY

• September 22, 1999 'BLUEPRINT' FOR VETERANS' HEALTH CARE PASSES HOUSE OVERWHELMINGLY

• September 10, 1999 HOUSE OKAYS 'UNPRECEDENTED' $1.7 BILLION INCREASE IN VETERANS' HEALTH CARE SPENDING

• July 30, 1999 STUMP PRAISES HISTORIC HIKE IN VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE SPENDING

• July 26, 1999 STUMP CALLS HOUSE SPENDING INCREASE FOR VETERANS A ‘GOOD START’ IN SAVING VA HEALTH CARE FROM ‘DISASTROUS’ CLINTON-GORE BUDGET

• July 26, 1999 STUMP SKEPTICAL OF ADMINISTRATION’S ‘NEW’ $1 BILLION FOR VETERANS; INSISTS CLINTON-GORE BUDGET STILL FALLS SHORT

• July 15, 1999 VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SENDS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE BILL TO FLOOR

• July 12, 1999 Veterans’ Affairs Committee Offers Automated Subscription Service On Its Recently Recognized Web Site: Subscribers Receive News Releases, Schedule of Hearings, Legislative Updates, and Hearings News via E-Mail

• June 29, 1999 HOUSE PASSES VETERANS’ BENEFITS BILL: PACKAGE PROVIDES COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE; DIRECTS VA TO PLAN 4 NEW NATIONAL CEMETERIES; AND, ASSISTS CONSTRUCTION OF 
  WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL

• June 23, 1999 VETERANS’ AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SENDS COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS BILL TO FLOOR

• June 17, 1999 SUBCOMMITTEE SENDS COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF BENEFITS TO VETERANS’ AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

• June 11, 1999 HONOR GUARD PROVISION FOR VETERANS’ BURIALS ENHANCED
  BY PASSAGE OF DOD AUTHORIZATION

• June 11, 1999 DEFENSE BILL AUTHORIZES 36.5 ACRE TRANSFER TO EXPAND ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

• June 9, 1999 STEARNS BLUEPRINT FOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF FUTURE VETERANS REPORTED OUT OF SUBCOMMITTEE

• June 7, 1999 BENEFITS SUBCOMMITTEE TO TAKE UP COMPENSATION, OTHER VETERANS’ ISSUES

• June 7, 1999 HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE TO PUT FINISHING TOUCHES ON COMPREHENSIVE VETERANS’ MILLENNIUM HEALTH CARE ACT

• May 20, 1999 BENEFITS SUBCOMMITTEE SHOWS IMPATIENCE WITH VA CALL FOR ‘MORE ANALYSIS’ ON GI BILL

• May 20, 1999 MEMORIAL DAY 1999

• May 19, 1999 VETERANS’ SUBCOMMITTEE HEARS TESTIMONY ON ‘BLUEPRINT’ FOR VA HEALTH CARE REFORM

• May 17, 1999 HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULES LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON REFORM OF VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

• May 13, 1999 VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE SEEKS STATUS REPORT ON NATIONAL CEMETERIES

• April 22, 1999 STEARNS EYES MAJOR LEGISLATION TO EXPAND VETERANS’
  LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE

• April 21, 1999 VA RESEARCH ABUSES CRITICIZED; CHAIRMEN SEEK STRICTER OVERSIGHT, CONTINUED INVESTIGATIONS

• April 21, 1999 FORMER CHAIRMAN MONTGOMERY TELLS SUBCOMMITTEE CONGRESS MUST ENHANCE GI BILL FOR TODAY'S VETERANS

• April 14, 1999 GOOD NEWS FOR VETERANS CONTINUES: HOUSE/SENATE AGREEMENT BRINGS INCREASE OVER PRESIDENT'S VA BUDGET TO $1.7 BILLION

• April 1, 1999 SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL HEARING SET TO PROBE MEDICAL RESEARCH ABUSES AT W. LOS ANGELES VA

• March 30, 1999 STUMP INTRODUCES MEASURE TO EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION OF WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL ON THE MALL

• March 26, 1999 HOUSE BUDGET INCREASE SAVES VETERANS FROM CLINTON/GORE CUTS

• March 23, 1999 HOUSE APPROVES MORE CONSISTENT REGULATIONS FOR BURIAL AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

• March 18, 1999 BUDGET COMMITTEE ANSWERS ADMINISTRATION NEGLECT WITH 'UNPRECEDENTED' $1.1 BILLION INCREASE FOR VETERANS HEALTH CARE

• March 17, 1999 MAJOR VETERANS, MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS LINE UP BEHIND COMMITTEE INCREASE FOR VETERANS' HEALTH CARE

• March 11, 1999 VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE APPROVES $1.9 BILLION INCREASE TO PRESIDENT'S VA BUDGET

• March 10, 1999 SUBCOMMITTEE WINS VA AGREEMENT TO REFORM CAPITAL SPENDING PLANS

• March 4, 1999 SUBCOMMITTEE TO PROBE VA'S TREATMENT OF WHISTLEBLOWERS

• February 25, 1999 BENEFITS SUBCOMMITTEE QUESTIONS PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JOB PLACEMENT FOR VETS

• February 25, 1999 ADMINISTRATION HEALTH BUDGET FOR VA SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE

• February 11, 1999 COMMITTEE WANTS VA SECRETARY TO USE CABINET RANK
  MORE FORCEFULLY IN ADVOCATING VETERANS’ CAUSE
  WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION

• February 3, 1999  HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’AFFAIRS ORGANIZES;
  INTRODUCES SIX NEW MEMBERS

• February 1, 1999  STUMP: VETERANS IGNORED IN PRESIDENT'S BUDGET; VETERANS' HEALTH CARE TO SUFFER

• February 1, 1999  VETERANS' MEDICAL CARE BUDGET: SMOKE, MIRRORS, INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

• January 29, 1999  HOUSE COMMITTEE WANTS FUNDS FROM POTENTIAL TOBACCO LAWSUIT TO BENEFIT VETERANS' HEALTH CARE

• January 7, 1999  WHO DESERVES BURIAL AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY? STUMP WANTS 106th CONGRESS TO END CONFUSION