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The committee was created in 1970 to transfer responsibilities for veterans from the Finance and Labor committees to a single panel. From 1947 to 1970, matters relating to veterans compensation and veterans generally were referred to the Committee on Finance, while matters relating to the vocational rehabilitation, education, medical care, civil relief, and civilian readjustment of veterans ...
Senate committees are divided, according to relative importance, into three categories: Class A, Class B, and Class C. In general, individual Senators are limited to service on two Class A committees and one Class B committee. Assignment to Class C committees is made without reference to a member's service on any other panels. [4]
The committee oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veterans' hospitals, and veterans' cemeteries, except cemeteries under the Secretary of the Interior. The Veterans' Affairs Committee does not have legislative jurisdiction [1] over the following issues:
Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025: Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: James Lankford: OK: January 3, 2025: Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Tim Scott: SC: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee Rick Scott: FL: January 3, 2025
United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Committee on Veterans' Affairs .
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Veterans Affairs by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of July 1, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 8 nominees have been confirmed, 0 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 4 positions do not have a nominee, and 2 appointments have been made that do ...
Afterwards, Cragin was a Republican National Committee member from Maine from 1983 to 1990, [7] and acting U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 2000. [8] Cragin also was the first Senate-confirmed chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs. [9]
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 119th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.