by Christian Southards | Mar 9, 2022
On Feb. 2, the House Veterans Affairs Committee introduced the STRONG Veterans Act of 2022, which packages several bills aimed at improving veterans’ quality of life, including the Buddy Check Bill sponsored by The American Legion. A standalone version of the Buddy...
by Christian Southards | Feb 10, 2022
On Feb. 7, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released The 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress or AHAR. According to the report, sheltered veterans homelessness fell approximately 10 percent from 2020 to 2021. However, the report also...
by Christian Southards | Nov 19, 2021
A bill advanced by the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee would require the Government Accountability Office to review women “involuntarily separated or discharged from the Armed Forces because of pregnancy or parenthood” between 1951 and 1976. Officially known as the...
by Christian Southards | Nov 12, 2021
One of the 18 bills advanced by the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Nov. 4 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to research the benefits of medical-grade cannabis for veterans and servicemembers. The bill, officially known as the VA Medicinal...
by Christian Southards | Nov 12, 2021
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs advanced 18 bills supporting veterans last Thursday. Chairman Mark Takano (D-CA) said, “the best way we can honor our veterans is through action—with these 18 bills, we can back up our ‘thank you’s’ with concrete steps to...
