110th Congress Press Releases

Funding for Veterans’ Benefits and Health Care Included in Omnibus Bill

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Washington, D.C. — Today, 187 days after the House passed its bill to fund Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs, a final spending plan is on its way to the President in the form of a massive ‘omnibus’ appropriations package that combines eleven fiscal year (FY) 2008 appropriations measures, as well as a supplemental war bill. 

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Peake Confirmed as VA Secretary

Monday, December 17, 2007

Washington, D.C. —On December 14, the Senate confirmed Dr. James Peake, Lieutenant General (Retired), United States Army Medical Corps, as the new Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Buyer and Michaud Join in Bipartisan Effort to Help Veterans Buy Homes

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Washington, D.C. —U.S. Representatives Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), and Mike Michaud (D-Maine), today announced joint legislation to help a greater number of veterans afford to enter the housing market.

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VA Committee Searches for Answers, Solutions to the Incidence of Suicide among Veterans

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Washington, D.C. — The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a hearing today seeking answers and solutions for the troubling occurrence of suicide among veterans, and mental health challenges within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Brown-Waite Seeks to Reduce Waiting Times for VA Outpatient Health Care

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Washington, D.C. — The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (O&I) and the Subcommittee on Health held a joint hearing today on outpatient waiting times at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities.

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Ranking Member Buyer Pleased Defense Bill Retains Key Committee Provisions

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Washington, D.C. — Today the House approved, by a vote of 370-49, the conference report for National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 1585. 

 

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Remembering Pearl Harbor Day

Friday, December 07, 2007

Washington D.C. — Sixty seven years ago today, on December 7, 1941, a tranquil Hawaiian morning turned to chaos as a vicious sneak attack was launched at Pearl Harbor. 2,403 American lives were taken, our Pacific Fleet was crippled, and the and the world plunged into a war in the Pacific.

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