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DoD Begins Rollout of Warner Effort to Restore Tax Payments to Combat-Injured Veterans

WASHINGTON —Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, announced that this month the Department of Defense (DoD) will begin the process of sending notifications…

Statement on Final Passage of Legislation to Fund the Veterans Choice Program & Approve V-A Leases

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after the Senate approved legislation last night to fund the Department of Veteran Affairs’ (V-A) Veterans Choice Program and authorize 28 delayed V-A medical facility…

Warner & Kaine Send Bipartisan Letter Urging Secretary Mattis Not To Implement Transgender Ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. ��� U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, along with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, sent a bipartisan letter signed by 42 additional Senators to Secretary of Defense…

Virginia Congressional Delegation Applauds Inclusion of Medical Leases in Veterans Legislation

Congress has not authorized major medical facility leases since 2014, keeping millions of veterans from accessing the care they deserve…

Sen. Warner Urges Defense Department Not to Rescind Contracts for Foreign-Born Military Recruits

Press reports indicate senior DoD officials have recommended canceling enlistment contracts for up to 1,800 immigrants with unique language and medical skills…

Warner & Kaine Press V-A Sec. on Hiring Priorities

Freeze hurt efforts to fill vacancies among clinicians, benefits processors…

Warner, Kaine, and Tester Demand Answers from VA Secretary over Reports of Serious Deficiencies and Mismanagement as DC VA Medical Center

���Veterans throughout our home states consistently call for improving the VA health care system because the VA is where they prefer to receive their care���…

Warner, Kaine Introduce Legislation to Overhaul Broken V-A Appeals Process

VA appeals process has not been updated since 1933, more than 450,000 appeals are currently pending…

Sen. Warner Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Veteran Caregiver Services to Veterans of All Eras

Legislation honors the sacrifice of our nation���s caregivers while giving veterans greater flexibility in choosing their care…

Warner, Kaine Call on VA Secretary to Act in the Wake of Troubling Report on Wait Times at Va. Medical Centers

���Veterans in this VISN, and across the country, deserve to be seen more quickly than VISN 6 has achieved, and Congress, veterans, and the American public must be able to…