FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
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Miguel Salazar (Takano), 202-225-9756
Cassie Byerly (Tester), 202-224-4588
Molly Jenkins (Roe), 202-225-3527
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***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Isakson, Takano, Tester, Roe Announce Hearing with Multiple Veterans Service Organizations
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and U.S. Representatives Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Phil Roe, M.D., R-Tenn., chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, will hold a hearing with multiple Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., to discuss their legislative priorities for this year.
The hearing will be streamed online at www.veterans.senate.gov. Media planning to attend should RSVP to Majority_Press@vetaff.senate.gov.
WHO: Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs
WHERE: SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building
WHEN: Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 2:00 p.m.
WHAT: “Legislative Presentations of Multiple VSOs” (American Ex-Prisoners of War, American Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Student Veterans of America, Vietnam Veterans of America, and Wounded Warrior Project)
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The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., in the 116th Congress. Isakson is a veteran himself – having served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966-1972 – and has been a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs since he joined the Senate in 2005. Isakson’s home state of Georgia is home to more than a dozen military installations representing each branch of the armed services as well as nearly 700,000 veterans.
