Category: Rep. Mike Bost

‘Pay File’ Glitch Leaves Student Veterans Without Their GI Bill Housing Stipend

Hundreds of students who are veterans of the United States Armed Forces (and their dependents) are unhappy because their monthly housing stipend from Uncle Sam didn’t show up in their bank accounts when due on March 31. As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) explained late on March 30, those who receive the allowance electronically will…


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…