NOTE: We expect this meeting to take place off the Senate floor in conjunction with the Senate's vote on Wednesday.
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
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Friday, February 1, 2019
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Anna Devanny, 202-224-9126
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***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Isakson Announces First Business Meeting for Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Committee will vote to adopt committee rules for 116th Congress, authorize committee expenditures
ATLANTA – The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., will hold its first business meeting of the new Congress on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, to adopt the committee rules for the 116th Congress and vote on a resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee. The meeting will take place off the Senate floor in conjunction with votes on Wednesday.
Media planning to attend should RSVP to Majority_Press@vetaff.senate.gov.
WHO: Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, time to be determined
WHERE: U.S. Capitol, off the Senate floor at a location to be determined
WHAT: Business Meeting to Adopt Rules and Authorize Expenditures
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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.
