After the historic election in November 2024, the 119th Congress was sworn in and convened on January 3, 2025, and went straight to work on issues directly impacting veterans and their families.
On January 22nd, the fullāÆHouse Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC)āÆheld a hearing addressing community care. Mission Roll Call provided aāÆStatement for the Record, including supporting data fromāÆyour poll responses, that demonstrates the need for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve on delivering care to Veterans through more active use of the community care option.āÆWatch the hearing
In a follow-up to the full HVAC hearing addressing Community Care, theāÆSenate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC)āÆconvened a separate hearing addressing community care on January 28th. The SVAC heard testimony detailing administrative and bureaucratic shortcomings in the VAās community care system. Senators discussed some of the causes of these shortcomings, particularly considering the MISSION Actās express intent to solve many of these problems.Ā
Following these two hearings, HVAC Chairman Mike Bost, and SVAC Chairman Jerry Moran, introduced legislation to increase access to care for veterans through VA providers in the community.āÆWatch the hearingĀ
On January 23, the House subcommittee onāÆDisability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA)āÆheld a hearing on the VAās practice of reporting Veterans with fiduciaries to the National Instant Criminal Background Check SystemĀ (NICS) database, restricting their Second Amendment rights. Mission Roll Call joined a pre-hearing roundtable to ensure Veteransā voices were heard.āÆWatch the hearingĀ
February is already shaping up to be an equally busy month for Advocacy. We will keep you posted as major developments impacting Veterans come up!Ā
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