Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the House passed three bipartisan veterans’ bills: “Last Wednesday, we celebrated the dedicated service of over 18 million American veterans and we continue to honor their brave service to our great nation by passing these bills today,” said Ranking Member Roe. “These three pieces of legislation will improve quality and patient safety throughout the VA healthcare system, ensure that VA’s websites and apps ... [...]

Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following video message to commemorate Veterans Day. To watch Ranking Member Roe's video message, click here or click the image below. A full transcript of the video message can be found below: I'm Phil Roe, Congressman from the First Congressional District of Tennessee and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, where I have served for the past twelve years. I'm a United States Army veteran of the 2nd Infantry ... [...]

Tonight, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) and Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) along with Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) and Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.) released the following statements after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Chairman Takano’s bill, H.R. 8247, the Veterans’ Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020, or Veterans’ COMPACT Act, featuring 9 provisions to help prevent veteran suicide. “I applaud the Senate for passing... [...]

Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, released the following statements ahead of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) launch of the Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, its four associated community-based outpatient clinics, and the West Consolidated Patient Account Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, tomorrow. “Tomo... [...]

Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.), Committee Member, sent a letter to President Trump urging him to take immediate action to protect veterans’ Second Amendment rights. “It is a national shame that the veterans who served in defense of the right to bear arms that every American is entitled to under the Second Amendment can be unilaterally stripped of that same right by government bureaucrats, without due process and in the absence of any evidence that ... [...]