FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Contact: Amanda Maddox, 202-224-7777
Anna Devanny, 202-224-9126
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Isakson to Hold Hearing on Implementation ofVA MISSION Act
WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., will hold an oversight hearing on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. on the ongoing implementation of the VA MISSION Act by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
In 2018, President Trump signed into law Isakson’s VA MISSION Act, landmark legislation to dramatically improve the way the VA delivers health care. The legislation streamlines the department’s community care programs into one Veterans Community Care Program to remove bureaucratic obstacles to care in the community and ensure veterans receive efficient, timely and quality care. The VA is expected to implement the Veterans Community Care Program in June 2019.
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 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
WHERE: 418 Russell Senate Office Building
WHEN: Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at 2:30 p.m.
WHAT: VA MISSION Act: Implementing the Veterans Community Care Program
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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.