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Bipartisan bill introduced in effort to expand vaccine access for vets & families

U.S. SENATE - Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.), Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced Monday via press release that they will introduce bipartisan legislation to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to veterans and their families under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Senators’ Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse (SAVE LIVES) Act would allow VA to provide no-cost COVID vaccination services to all veterans, veteran spouses, caregivers and Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) recipients to the extent that such vaccines are available. The legislation also urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to adjust VA’s vaccine allocation based on this increased eligibility pool, as much a

Senate confirms Denis McDonough as VA secretary

Senate confirms Denis McDonough as VA secretary By (0) Denis McDonough was confirmed Monday as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo Feb. 8 (UPI) The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Denis Richard McDonough as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Senate voted 87 to 7 with six senators not voting to confirm President Joe Biden s nomination for the position, making him only the second VA secretary in history who is not a veteran. Advertisement Though lacking military experience, McDonough is a veteran administrator, having served as former President Barack Obama s chief of staff after holding various senior government positions.

VA secretary nominee sails through confirmation hearing, faces challenges ahead

Denis McDonough, President Biden's pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), wants to get the nation's veterans through the coronavirus pandemic starting day one, if confirmed."The president directed me to focus on getting out veterans through this pandemic," McDonough said in his opening statement to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee at his confirmation hearing.The task is a daunting one. If confirmed, McDonough would be.

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