FY 2007 Budget

Democratic Views and Estimates

• Democratic Views and Estimates for the FY 2007 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs - February 23, 2006

Press Releases

• Veterans’ Committee Democrats Counter Administration’s VA Budget with Call for Additional $4.5 Billion for Health Care, Other Services - February 23, 2006

• VA Budget Greeted Skeptically; Frustration Expressed Over Proposals to Increase Fees for Veterans' Health Care - February 8, 2006

• The Bush Administration’s VA Budget Request:  "When a $3.5 Billion ‘Increase’ Isn't a $3.5 Billion Increase" - February 7, 2006

• Statement of Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL) on the President's FY '07 VA Budget Submission - February 6, 2006

Statements

• Statement of Honorable Lane Evans before the Committee on the Budget on the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs - February 14, 2006

• Statement of Honorable Lane Evans before the Veterans' Affairs Committee on the Department of Veterans Affairs budget submission for Fiscal Year 2007 - February 8, 2007

Reports

• GAO AUDIT INDICATES VA BUDGET SHAM, Evans, Akaka lambaste accounting gimmicks that clipped veterans' health care
  February 2, 2006

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FY 2006 Budget

Shortfall

• STATEMENT OF REP. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS- July 15, 2005

• BUSH ADMINISTRATION CONCEDES -- AGAIN -- MORE FUNDS NEEDED FOR VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE - July 12, 2005

• Letter to President Bush requesting additional funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs

• Press Conference on VA Budget Shortfall

• Snapshot of How VA Budget Shortfall is Hurting Veterans’ Access to Safe and Timely Care across the Nation

• Veterans Barred from Enrolling for VA Health Care by State as a Result of the Administration's Continuing Policy to Prohibit New Enrollment

• Alexandria, Louisiana, VAMC notice that it is no longer scheduling appointments for new Non Service Connected veterans

Democratic Views and Estimates

• Narrative

• Explanation

• Budget Table

• Additional and Dissenting Views

Press Releases

• Democrats Offer “Realistic” VA Budget, Reject Administration's Misguided Cuts and Increased Fees - February 23, 2005

• Bush Budget a “Cruel Mockery” of Obligation to Care for Veterans - February 7, 2005

Statements

• STATEMENT OF REP. LANE EVANS (D-IL) Planned GOP cuts would place a lump of coal in the stockings of disabled veterans and their families - December 14, 2005

• Floor Statement of the Honorable Lane Evans on the Conference agreement on H.Con.Res. 95 - April 28, 2005

• Floor Statement of the Honorable Lane Evans on H.Con.Res. 95, Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 2006 - March 16, 2005

• Statement of Rep. Lane Evans Before the Full Committee Hearing on the President’s FY ’06 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs - February 16, 2005

Articles

• Editorial:  Veterans deserve thanks, not a cut in services; April 17, 2005

• Opinion:  Bush Budget Betrays Veterans; April 17, 2005

Dear Colleagues

• Veterans Health Care Funding During the Bush Administration - March 14, 2005

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FY 2005 Budget

Press Releases

• Budget Update - May 20, 2004

• Evans Appears Before Budget Committee to Advocate $2.5 Billion Increase in Discretionary Spending For Veterans' Programs -
  March 3, 2004

• Veterans' Affairs Committee Recommends Substantial Increase in Bush VA Budget- February 26, 2004

• Bush Administration '05 VA Budget Reflects Misplaced Priorities, Places Greater Burden on Some Veterans-February 2, 2004

Statements

• Floor Statement on Obey amendment to H.Res. 685 - June 24, 2004

• The Conference Report on the Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2005, S.Con.Res. 95 - May 19, 2004

• Remarks by Honorable Lane Evans at the Press Conference on Veterans' Budget for Fiscal Year 2005 - March 25, 2004

• Floor Statement of Honorable Lane Evans - March 24, 2004

• Statement of Honorable Lane Evans before the Committee on the Budget - March 3, 2004

Views and Estimates

• Report to the Committee on the Budget From the Committee on Veterans Affairs on the Budget Proposed for Fiscal Year 2005

• Additional views from the Honorable Bob Filner

• Additional views from the Honorable Corrine Brown

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FY 2004 Budget

• Timeline on Funding Fiscal 2004 Veterans’ Discretionary Programs

• Floor Statement on the Spratt Amendment to the Budget Proposal for FY 2004 - March 20, 2003

• Assessing the Impact of Public Law 104-262, the “Veterans’ Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996” - March 14, 2003

• Letter to the Honorable John Spratt, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Budget - February 28, 2003

• Report to the Committee on the Budget on the Budget Proposed for Fiscal Year 2004 - February 28, 2003

• Letter to the Honorable John Spratt, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Budget - March 11, 2002

• Report to the Committee on the Budget on the Budget Proposed for Fiscal Year 2003; Background and Committee Recommendations - March 11, 2002

• Budget Comparison table for Fiscal Year 2003 - March 11, 2002

• Bipartisan Skepticism Greets Veterans' Budget; Bush Plan to Charge Veterans $1,500 Deductible For Health Care Opposed - February 14, 2002

• Budget Table Prepared by the Democratic Staff of the Committee on Veterans Affairs - February 6, 2002

• Evans Calls Veterans' Budget Major Disappointment; Veterans' Medical Care Funding Inadequate, Transfer of Veterans Employment Program Proposed Without Explanation, Veterans Claims Backlog Continues; Illinois Lawmaker Welcomes Administration Work on Procurement Reform - February 5, 2002

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