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US Sen. Mazie Hirono joined a group of Democratic colleagues to introduce a resolution aimed at protecting abortion access for veterans, according to a news release from the senator’s office. Hirono and 14 other senators filed a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn a recent Trump administration rule. The federal rule ends abortion counseling and […]

US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) – a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs – and US Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act. The bipartisan legislation would improve veterans’ access to information about higher education and allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to restore benefits that veterans use at schools subject to civil enforcement.

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) reintroduced legislation to allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans in the 36 states that have established medical marijuana programs.

Reps. Tulsi Gabbard and Brian Mast, along with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and other veteran service organizations, held a press conference on Wednesday to urge for more support for veterans. Gabbard, who is the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Post 9/11 Veterans Caucus, said the Department of Veterans Affairsʻ (VA) […]