Programs
VVA National President presents 2019 legislative priorities before joint session of Congress
May 9, 2019
Good afternoon, Chairmen Isakson and Takano, Ranking Members Tester and Dr. Roe, and members of your distinguished, and critically important, committees. I first want to thank you, on behalf of our members and their families,…
VVA testimony before House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability and Memorial Affairs
May 9, 2019
Chairwoman Luria, Ranking Member Bost, and other distinguished members of this subcommittee, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) thanks you for the opportunity to present our views on the seven pieces of legislation you are considering…
VVA Statement for the Record for the House Veterans Affairs Committee Suicides Prevention Among Veterans
May 9, 2019
Chairman Takano, Ranking Member Dr. Roe, and other distinguished members of this very important committee, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) thanks you for the opportunity to present our views for the record on “Suicide Prevention…
Minority Affairs Committee Update November/December 2018
February 21, 2019
BY GUMERSINDO GOMEZ, CHAIR The Minority Affairs Committee seminar at the Leadership & Education Conference in Palm Springs was a great success. We hope to present information from it in future issues of The Veteran…
Women Veterans Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR This issue of The VVA Veteran profiles some of the many women veterans in VVA and other public arenas who have helped over the past forty-plus years furthering legislation at national,…
Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR In 2019 there will be transition and change. We will vote on proposals to dismantle VVA or transition VVA into a new national Veterans Service Organization. I encourage you to vote…
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY THOMAS C. HALL, Ph.D., CHAIR On a recent beautiful Midwest afternoon, I attended my PTSD support group at our local VA outpatient facility. Approximately seventy people attended. The gathering started in the usual way,…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR According to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), 1,592 remain missing from the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese Government transferred three sets of remains believed to be those…
Homeless Veterans Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY SANDY MILLER, CHAIR As we begin another year, the committee continues to work on legislative issues regarding the plight of homeless veterans. Many changes in the VA Grant & Per Diem program have taken…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR November and December were busy. Along with VVA staff, I attended a meeting in D.C. held by the NASEM on Veterans and Agent Orange Update 10-2014. Also in December nine people…