Morgan Griffith on the VA MISSION Bill

Without comment, since this web site has not read the bill, from U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9):

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Monday, May 21, 2018 –
Improving Care for Veterans
One of our highest obligations as a nation is “to care for him who shall have borne the battle,” as Abraham Lincoln eloquently stated in his Second Inaugural Address. The men and women who wear the uniform of the United States military put their lives on the line for our freedoms, and many come home with wounds both seen and unseen.
Over the past few years, too many stories have emerged of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) failing the brave people it is meant to serve. Reforming the VA became an urgent priority.
Under the leadership of Chairman Phil Roe, who represents our neighbors in Tennessee’s First District, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has been hard at work crafting legislation to improve care for veterans. They have been moving to the House floor bills that bring to the VA better care, more options, and greater accountability.
Many of these bills garner wide support from both parties as well as veterans’ groups. Take a recent major bill that passed the House by a vote of 347-70, the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act.
This legislation consolidates several VA programs into one community care program and continues the VA Choice Program until the consolidation is complete. It also establishes a review process to modernize and realign the VA’s medical infrastructure, and it improves the VA’s ability to recruit and retain health care professionals.
I supported the VA MISSION Act and look forward to the Senate sending it to President Trump, who has said he will sign it.

The debt we owe to veterans is incalculable. It is our duty to provide for their care as best we can. Chairman Roe and the Veterans’ Affairs committee are advancing legislation to do just that, and I am happy to support their efforts.
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