Congressional Testimony

Mar 08 2023

Congressional Statement of VFW National Commander Timothy M. Borland

Statement of Timothy M. Borland Commander-in-Chief Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the Joint Hearing Committees on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate and United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. Chairmen Tester and Bost, Ranking Members Moran and Takano, members of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, it is my honor to be with you today o...

Dec 07 2022

Fulfilling our Pact: Ensuring Effective Implementation of Toxic Exposure Legislation

Statement of Kristina Keenan, Assistant Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Fulfilling our Pact: Ensuring Effective Implementation of Toxic Exposure Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Takano, Ranking Member Bost, and members of the House Committ...

Nov 16 2022

The Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act

Statement of Kristina Keenan, Assistant Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To The Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Moran, and members of the Senate Committee o...

Sep 29 2022

Veteran Suicide Prevention: Capitalizing on What Works and Increasing Innovative Approaches

Statement of Tammy Barlet, Deputy Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House Of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To “Veteran Suicide Prevention: Capitalizing on What Works and Increasing Innovative Approaches” Washington, D.C. Chairman Takano, Ranking Member Bost, and members of the committ...

Sep 21 2022

The Status of Military Recruiting and Retention Efforts Across the Department of Defense

Statement of Brittany Dymond, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel With Respect To “The Status of Military Recruiting and Retention Efforts Across the Department of Defense” Washington, D.C. Chairwoman Gillibrand, Ranking Member Tillis, and members ...

Jul 13 2022

Pending Legislation

Statement of Kristina Keenan, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Moran, and members of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign ...

Jun 22 2022

Pending Legislation

Statement of Tammy Barlet, Deputy Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairwoman Brownley, Ranking Member Bergman, and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of the men and women of the Vetera...

Jun 15 2022

Reviewing President Biden's Strategy to Reduce Veteran Suicide by Addressing Economic Risk Factors

Statement of Emily Devito, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To “Reviewing President Biden’s Strategy to Reduce Veteran Suicide by Addressing Economic Risk Factors” Washington, D.C. ...

Jun 14 2022

A Review of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and 2024 Advance Appropriations Requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs

Joint Statement of The Co-Authors of The Independent Budget: Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans Paralyzed Veterans Of America Before The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs On A Review of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and 2024 Advance Appropriations Requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Moran, and members of the Committee, the co-aut...

May 18 2022

Pending Legislation

Statement of Emily Devito, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To “Pending Legislation” Washington, D.C. Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Moore, and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of the men and wome...