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Buyer Amendments Protect Veterans’ Health Care Options and VA/DOD Authority; Secures Leadership Commitment to Consider Additional Protections for Veterans

Friday, July 31, 2009

Washington, D.C. — Steve Buyer, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, successfully amended the House version of the national health care reform bill (H.R. 3200) to protect veterans from potentially harmful provisions.

Veterans Organizations Voice Concerns Over National Health Care Proposal; Buyer Agrees that the Complex Legislation Could Have Harmful Impact on Veterans

Friday, July 31, 2009

Washington, D.C. —Major veterans’ organizations are speaking out against a number of provisions within the proposed House version of the national health care reform plan that could adversely affect veterans and their families.

Buyer, Brown, and Michaud Introduce Bill to Expand Benefits for Severely Injured Veterans; Measure Would Increase Aid and Attendance by Fifty Percent without New Spending

Friday, July 31, 2009

Washington, D.C. Yesterday, Congressmen Steve Buyer, Henry Brown, and Mike Michaud joined in a bipartisan effort to improve compensation for severely injured veterans by increasing aid and attendance rates and expanding the number of veterans who would qualify for the benefit.

House Passes Buyer Bill to Improve Home Adaptation Grants for Disabled Veterans

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a measure introduced by House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Steve Buyer, which would increase grants for disabled veterans to make accessibility modifications to their homes.

House Approves Bipartisan Veterans’ Bills; Buyer Provisions to Improve VA Health Care and Insurance Programs Included

Monday, July 27, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House approved three veterans’ measures, including an omnibus bill that combines provisions from nine bills previously approved by two subcommittees to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and life insurance programs.  

Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Latest Patient Care Problem at VA

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Washington, D.C. –Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing regarding several incidents at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Philadelphia , in which patient safety was compromised during prostate cancer treatments.

Veterans Committee Approves Bipartisan Legislation; Buyer Amendment Provides Equity for Flying Tigers, WASP’s and Others

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs approved an amendment by Ranking Member Steve Buyer to include all civilian World War II groups designated as veterans in a benefit the House approved earlier this year for WWII Merchant Mariners.

Much Remains to be Accomplished in Establishment of VA-DOD Interagency Office

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Washington, D.C. –Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations evaluated the progress of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD) interagency office created to establish a fully interoperable health care record system. 

House Honors WWII Hero, Approves VA Work Study Program

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House approved two veteran related bills: one would pay tribute to a WWII soldier who escaped a German POW camp, and the other would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fund additional campus-based work study positions.

Buyer ‘Mystified’ by Striking Similarities in Filner Amendment

Friday, July 10, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Steve Buyer, in expressing his support for an amendment to increase funding for the VA-US Paralympic Sports Program for disabled veterans, facetiously noted the presence of “magic and mystery” in the amendment process.  

Buyer Efforts to Ensure Proper Funding of VA Health Care Rejected; Amendment that Received Broad Bipartisan Support in VA Committee Blocked from Bill

Friday, July 10, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Thursday, the House Rules Committee rejected House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Steve Buyer’s efforts to include critical Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) accounts in advance appropriations for fiscal year 2011. 

Health & DAMA Subcommittees Approve Legislation; Buyer Bills to Improve VA Health Care and Insurance Programs Included

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittees on Health and Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs approved a number of bills to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and life insurance programs. 

Buyer Honored by Association for Service Disabled Veterans

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Washington, D.C. –Thursday, Congressman Steve Buyer was honored by the Association for Service Disabled Veterans (ASDV) for his overall dedication and commitment to serving veterans, and specifically for his efforts to increase veterans’ employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. 

VA Inspector General Report Reveals Quality of Care Deficiencies; Incidents Add to Buyer and Roe Concerns about Oversight Review

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Washington, D.C. –Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (IG) issued a report that revealed flaws in an internal investigation of allegations pertaining to substandard care at the VA medical center in Fort Harrison, Montana.