109th Congress Press Releases

Buyer: Senator Reid off-target, should join to help Nicholson reform VA

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Washington, DC — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) today issued the following statement in connection with a call by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for the resignation of Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson.

Buyer: VA data arrests ‘good news’, but progress on VA info management essential

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Washington, D.C. — Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, made the following statement in connection with the August 4 arrests of two Maryland men believed to have stolen the computer and hard drive that contained personal data belonging to as many as 26.5 million veterans, as well as servicemembers and family members.

NASA extends contract proposal deadline for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Washington, D.C. – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) today expressed his appreciation to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for coordinating efforts to ensure that service-disabled veteran-owned businesses have an opportunity to bid on the upcoming NASA Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement (SEWP)-IV contract.