Chairman Bergman Votes to Send Veterans Choice Replacement, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, and Four Bergman VA Bills to House Floor

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Congressman Jack Bergman, Chairman of the VA Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, released the following statement after the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs passed four of his bills, as well as the VA MISSION Act, which replaces the flawed VA Choice program:

"As a retired combat Veteran, Chairman of the VA Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and Representative of the First District of Michigan, providing our Veterans with the quality care they've earned has been a top priority for me since taking office. The Community Care Bill puts Veterans first and ensures a collaborative effort between patient and doctor to promote real choice for our nation's Veterans," said Bergman.

In a joint letter to Congress, nearly 40 Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) offered their support for the VA MISSION Act stating, "This historic Veterans legislation would consolidate and reform VA's community care programs; extend funding for the current Veterans Choice Program for one year; strengthen VA's ability to recruit, hire and retain quality medical personnel; review, realign and modernize VA's health care infrastructure; and extend eligibility to VA's comprehensive caregiver assistance program to aging and disabled veterans injured before September 11, 2001."

Congressman Bergman's four additional bills passed out of the VA Committee today and will now go to the House floor:

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