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Richard Blumenthal's Public Statements on Issue: Veterans

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09/28/2022 Reps. Peters and Miller-Meeks, Sens. Blumenthal and Boozman Introduce Bipartisan Veterans Claims Education Act of 2022
08/02/2022 Blumenthal & Collins Lead Bipartisan Senate Bill to Eliminate Copays for Veterans Accessing Contraception
08/02/2022 Blumenthal Statement on Senate Passage of Comprehensive Relief for Veterans Exposed to Dangerous Toxins Following Republican Delay
07/30/2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Merkley, Wyden Join Murray in Letter to VA Secretary Urging End Discrimination against Same-Sex Spouses
07/28/2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents
07/14/2022 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Warner, Kaine Join Colleagues in Pressing VA Secretary to End Discrimination Against Same-Sex Spouses
06/27/2022 Cortez Masto, Blumenthal, Boozman Introduce Bill to Provide Peer Support to Veteran Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma
06/16/2022 Blumenthal Applauds Senate Passage of Comprehensive Relief for Veterans Exposed to Dangerous Toxins
06/08/2022 Blumenthal Calls on Senate to Pass Comprehensive Relief for Veterans Exposed to Dangerous Toxins
05/19/2022 Blumenthal Praises Bipartisan Agreement on Historic Legislation Providing Comprehensive Relief to Toxic-Exposed Veterans
04/25/2022 Letter to Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Blumenthal & Tester Urge VA to Reject Proposal Removing Tinnitus as a Stand-Alone Disability
02/25/2022 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Murray Leads Bipartisan Call to Improve VA Caregivers Program for Veterans and Their Families
02/25/2022 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Blackburn, Colleagues Call to Improve VA Caregivers Program for Veterans and Their Families
02/18/2022 Blumenthal Statement on U.S. District Court Final Approval of Settlement Providing Relief to Navy & Marine Corps Veterans Wrongfully Denied VA Benefits
02/14/2022 Letter to Hon. Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, and Hon. Denis R. McDonouugh, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Murray, Colleagues Raise Concerns About Lack Of Oversight To Prevent Veteran Suicide
02/04/2022 Letter to Hon. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense, Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Hirono, Colleagues Raise Concerns About Lack of Oversight to Prevent Veteran Suicide
02/03/2022 Letter to Hon. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense and Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veteran's Affairs - Brown, Colleagues Raise Concerns About Lack of Oversight to Prevent Veteran Suicide
02/02/2022 Senate VA Committee Unanimously Passes Legislation to Provide Health Care for Post-9/11 Toxic-Exposed Veterans
01/27/2022 Letter to Hon. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Brown, Tester, Moran, Blumenthal Lead Bipartisan Push to Provide No-Cost, At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits to Veterans Nationwide
09/21/2021 Underwood and Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Address VA's Systemic Unlawful Denials of Care to Veterans with Other-Than-Honorable Administrative Discharges
08/11/2021 Dingell, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation Requiring VA to Reimburse Veterans for Emergency Health Care Claims
07/20/2021 Blumenthal, Blunt, Peters, Allred & Mann Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Expand Successful Peer Specialist Support Program to All VA Medical Centers
07/08/2021 Letter to Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Hon. Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Baldwin, Collins, Tester Lead Bipartisan Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income College Students
07/07/2021 Letter to the Hon. Brian Schatz, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Bipartisan Call to Increase Funding to Support Homeless Veteran Housing and Support Program
05/26/2021 Scott, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Expand Veterans' Credit Access

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