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03/03/2022 Rush Votes to Honor our Promise to Toxic-exposed Veterans
11/10/2021 Walberg, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce POW Priority Care Act
09/10/2021 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Rep. Tracey Mann Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging VA to Expand Outreach to Post-9/11 Veterans
06/30/2021 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Swalwell, Gallego, And Hassan Lead Bicameral, Bipartisan Letter To Increase Flexibility For VA Home Loan Program
11/23/2020 Letter to National Archives and Records Administration Director Scott Levins - Palazzo Cosigns Letter Expressing Concerns Over Backlog of Veterans Records Requests
04/03/2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Defazio Leads More than 120 Lawmakers in Urging Trump Administration to Automatically Send Relief Payments to Vulnerable Seniors, Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities
02/13/2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Takano, 77 Members Call on President Trump to Grant Relief to 190,000 Ill Veterans
01/01/2020 Issue Position: Veterans
11/12/2019 Letter to Nita Lowey, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Richard Shelby, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Kuster Leads Bipartisan Letter Requesting Increased Funding for Veterans Housing Program
06/28/2019 Walberg, Krishnamoorthi, Guthrie, and Rush Introduce POW Priority Care Act
06/10/2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Norcross, Brown Lead Bipartisan Letter Pushing Back Against Department Of Veterans Affairs' Union-Busting Efforts
04/01/2019 Letter to the Hon. Pete Visclosky, Chairman of the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Ken Calvert, Ranking Member of the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee - Marianas funding priorities set
12/14/2018 Letter to Prince Khaled bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States - Rep Lieu Leads 12 Member Letter on Saudi Use of U.S. Vets for Lobbying
11/30/2018 Letter to Congressional Colleagues - 130 Democratic Members Sign Letter of Support for Rep. Mark Takano to Become Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
11/29/2018 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Veterans in Congress Call for Full Reimbursement of Underpaid Gi Benefits
10/01/2018 Letter to the Hon. Johnny Isakson, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs - Ranking Member Walz Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Senate Veterans Affairs Chairman To Advance Bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018
07/30/2018 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - National Whistleblower Day
03/22/2018 Letter to the Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development & Related Agencies and the Hon. David Price, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, & Related Agencies - Congressman Al Green's Statement on Funding for Homeless Veteran Supportive Housing
03/16/2018 Letter to the Hon. Kay Granger, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Defense and the Hon. Peter Visclosky, Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Defense - Castro Leads Bipartisan Push for National Trauma Research Action Plan
06/28/2017 Rush Cosponsors the Deborah Sampson Act to Support Women Veterans
03/30/2017 Letter to the Hon.Charlie Dent, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies - Federal Funding for Veteran Suicide Prevention
11/21/2016 Letter to Robert A. McDonald, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Assisted Reproductive Technology Coverage Under the Veterans Health Administration
10/05/2016 Letter to the Hon. Sloan Gibson, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Answers and Improvements from the VA after Veterans Crisis Hotline Failures
09/30/2016 Letter to the Honorable Sloan Gibson, Deputy Secretary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Call on VA to Improve Veterans Crisis Line
02/16/2016 Letter to the Hon. Robert McDonald, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs - Grant Read-Only Access to Congressional Offices Working to Help Veterans
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