Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins requesting documents and information following troubling reporting that former VA staff tasked with terminating employees and reorganizing the agency workforce were forced to sign agreements… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ). The legislation makes it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits. By allowing the Veterans… Read more »
Today, President Joe Biden signed Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (VA-11) Not Just a Number Act into law as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take a more comprehensive look at the factors that best prevent veteran suicide.
“Veteran suicide is a complex problem that… Read more »
Last night, the House of Representatives passed the Not Just a Number Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take a more comprehensive look at the factors that best prevent veteran suicide. The legislation passed as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) to make it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits. The Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act passed the House by a vote of 413-0.
“Our veterans have sacrificed enough already,” said… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Julia Brownley (D-CA) in sending a bipartisan letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough requesting the VA improve care for veterans who seek treatment for sexual assault and sexual abuse at VHA facilities.
The letter was written in response to a December 2023 VA OIG report that identified… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs passed the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to make it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits by allowing the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to reimburse victims of fraud without first meeting… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers to submit an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of U.S. Army veteran and FBI Special Agent James Rudisill.
Rudisill, a resident of Richmond and a decorated Army veteran from the wars in Iraq and… Read more »
Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC), the Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, introduced the Not Just a Number Act, bipartisan legislation to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take a more comprehensive look at the factors that best prevent veteran… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) introduced the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act, bipartisan legislation to make it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits by allowing the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to reimburse victims of fraud without first meeting… Read more »
