U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) urged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to solve staffing shortages affecting VA facilities nationwide, particularly in the nursing assistant profession. “VA facilities have experienced chronic understaffing for years; however, recent estimates indicate that Read more…

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on April 19 requested that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigate reports about the poor quality of care at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center in his home state, specifically the center’s prosthetics services. Read more…

Retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last living Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during the Korean War, will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on April 29, thanks to congressional passage of a bipartisan concurrent Read more…