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.

According to VA regulations, payments for the current month are issued on the first day of the following month. However, if the 1st of the month happens to fall on a weekend or a federal holiday ...

The executive order, signed by Trump in an Oval Office ceremony, would also mandate reduced wait times for veterans health care appointments through expanded hours at VA facilities and relaxed ...

The Government Accountability Office identified open recommendations from its audits and investigations considered critical for the VA to reduce the risks of mismanagement, fraud and abuse in ...

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 ...

Hosting the rally is a union representing VA employees in the Cleveland-area, the American Federation of Government Employees Local 31. The union said their event is took place to raise awareness ...

A memo issued by the VA in March outlined plans to lay off more than 80,000 VA employees, sparking concern among workers and their advocates. The event in Reno is slated for Friday, May 30 outside ...

An overview of budget priorities by the VA for the next fiscal year was revealed in the $1.7 trillion “skinny budget” that the White House released for non-defense agencies. The preliminary ...

Rather, the point has always been that those who work at agencies such as the VA are there to serve Americans who need assistance, and mass layoffs likely mean fewer services to those who can ill ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston family was overcome with emotion after learning a nurse was charged with lying about the care she gave the veteran at the VA the night he died. James Duplechain ...

Cheryl Mason, an attorney who once served as the chief executive officer of the Board of Veterans' Appeals and now works as a senior adviser to Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, has been ...