Tag: vets
Martha Roby to VA official: Somebody needs to feel the urgency
It's time the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) feels a sense of urgency regarding improving veterans’ health care services. That...
Doug Jones introduces legislation force VA to pay student veterans missing...
Alabama U.S. Sen. Doug Jones taking action in hopes of righting yet another wrong made by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
On Tuesday, he...
Bradley Byrne: Words cannot express our gratitude
One hundred years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the world’s largest, deadliest, and costliest...
VA announces grant for Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Association (NCA) on Wednesday announced it has awarded the state of Alabama a grant in the amount...
Alabama delegation votes to pass major VA overhaul; Trump expected to...
With the support of the entire Alabama delegation, S. 2372: the VA MISSION Act of 2018 has passed both chambers and is now heading to President...
Martha Roby: House passes VA bill, funds Choice Program
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed S. 2372, the VA MISSION Act, taking another critical step towards fulfilling our promise to make the...
VA nominee accused of drunken behavior, reckless prescribing
White House doctor Ronny Jackson exhibited a pattern of recklessly prescribing drugs and drunken behavior, including crashing a government vehicle while intoxicated and doling...
Terri Sewell seeks veteran for fellowship in Birmingham office
Alabama 7th District U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, through a partnership with the House of Representatives' Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program, is seeking a wounded warrior or...
Will Ainsworth: Alabama must do more to thank its military veterans
The Bible verse Isaiah 6:8 reads - Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go...
Watchdog report: Failed VA leadership put patients at risk
As a top Veterans Administration official in the Obama administration, current Secretary David Shulkin took no action to fix longstanding problems of dirty syringes...
