WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-22-105039) entitled "VA Vet Centers - Opportunities Exist to Help Better Ensure Veterans' and Servicemembers' Readjustment Counseling Needs Are Met". Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "The Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) provides counseling (individual, group, couples, and family) through 300 Vet Centers to help eligible veter  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government issued the following statement by Roslynn R. Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, involving a hearing on May 12, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request: * * * I am pleased to appear before you today as Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO). In this capacity, I am here to present the AO's FY 2023 budget request and to provide a  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies issued the following statement by Jill Hruby, undersecretary of Energy for nuclear security, involving a hearing on May 11, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request. Hruby is also the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. * * * Thank you for the opportunity to present the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget for the Department of Energy's (DOE) National   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Elder Justice Coalition National Coordinator Robert B. Blancato involving a hearing on May 12, 2022, entitled "Healthy Aging: Maximizing the Independence, Well-being, and Health of Older Adults": * * * Thank you for holding this important hearing on healthy aging, which clearly supports the wellbeing of the American society overall. I  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The United States House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 6871, the DHS Acquisition Reform Act, introduced by Congressman Jake LaTurner (R-KS). This legislation will help ensure that the proper oversight and organizational structures are in place for the Department of Homeland Security to acquire goods and services in the most efficient way possible to make DHS a better steward of taxpayer money.   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Last night, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 7309, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022. The bill would strengthen the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and make long overdue investments in our nation's workforce development programs, helping to fill job openings in Missouri's Fifth Congressional District with qualified, c  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: This week, Representative Sharice Davids led her colleagues to call on the IRS to increase a tax deduction used by small business owners and the self-employed. Along with Representative Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), she urged the IRS Commissioner to increase the standard mileage deduction rate and give small business owners a break from rising gas prices. Read more on Davids' latest push to help small business own  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: The U.S. Senate today unanimously adopted a resolution marking National Police Week and reiterating support for the men and women in law enforcement. The bipartisan resolution was led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). It was also cosponsored by 84 of their senate colleagues. "Putting on the badge to protect and serve our communit  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today introduced the Thorium Energy Security Act to prevent the destruction of Uranium 233 (U-233), a critical element used to produce clean energy. "Uranium-233 is too valuable and too useful to just be thr  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - today announced a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive legislation to deliver all generations of toxic-exposed veterans their earned health care and benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the first time in the nation's history. For mor  more