The order, “Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence,” directs VA Secretary Doug Collins to create a plan within 120 days that would allow the ...

Sponsor Message Blumenthal responded that the secretary has failed to explain how he would reach his stated goal of returning the VA to its 2019 size without affecting care. "It simply cannot be done.

The group rallied outside the U.S. Capitol shortly after VA Secretary Doug Collins finished lengthy questioning before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, where he defended the cuts as ...

Members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee largely agreed that the VA needs improvement, but Democrats expressed fury over how Collins is handling the reforms, saying he has not given them ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins appeared in front of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for the first time Tuesday, where he faced contentious questioning over staffing upheavals at the VA.

Languages: English and some Welsh. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a major three-part initiative to simplify and speed up how survivors and dependents of deceased veterans ...

Secretary Doug Collins frequently voiced frustration with lawmakers who questioned his vision to slash the VA workforce to fiscal 2019 levels, or a cut of about 15%, saying the target was a ...

The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee has asked the Justice Department to investigate former Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and other VA leaders for their handling of ...

Connolly, meanwhile, has received praise from fellow Virginia lawmakers. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., issued a statement saying that Connolly “has exemplified the very best of public service ...

VA has begun holding meetings with representatives from across the department to discuss its workforce reduction plans after standing up a Reorganization Implementation Cell. Senior Executive ...

Banks’ remarks followed an afternoon meeting with leadership at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center downtown. He said the facility’s director told him about 20 employees had taken ...

It was unclear what effects it would have on Christian or non-Christian employees at the VA. The VA task force investigation is among the latest efforts by Trump and his administration to ...