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Va Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act

Floor Speech

By: Mike Bost
By: Mike Bost
Date: May 17, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2788, the VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act.

Current law prohibits VA from having more than 40 full-time EEO counselors. With a workforce of around 400,000, that is only one counselor for every 10,000 employees.

This arbitrary cap has hamstrung VA, and we have heard from the Department and stakeholders that the lack of counselors prevents VA from addressing complaints quickly. H.R. 2788 would remove this cap and finally allow VA to rightsize its need for EEO counselors.

I thank Congressman Conor Lamb and Ranking Member Tracey Mann for introducing and leading this commonsense legislation. I am pleased to support it this afternoon.

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