Category: PACT Act

House Committee Members Question VA’s Proposed Use of $20 Billion From Toxic Exposure Fund

During its March 23 hearing on the assessment of the Biden administration’s funding proposal for 2024—and advance appropriations request for 2025—members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs gave particular focus to a $20 billion item in the $325.1 billion 2024 budget. And they questioned Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough over plans to…


VA’s Proposed Use of $20 Billion From Toxic Exposure Fund Questioned by House Panel Members

Members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs focused on a $20 billion item in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) $325.1 billion 2024 budget request during a March 23 hearing to assess the Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 funding proposal for the department—and advance appropriations request for 2025. Panel members questioned VA Secretary Denis McDonough over plans…