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December 9, 2004 |
EVANS’ STATEMENT ON PRINCIPI RESIGNATION |
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December 7, 2004 |
EVANS REMINDS REMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSES OF LAST
CHANCE BENEFITS DEADLINE |
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November 17, 2004 |
EVANS HAILS PASSAGE OF CRITICAL VETERANS’ BILLS |
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November 2004 |
Veterans Day
2004 |
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October 21, 2004 |
Evans
Troubled By Rise in Uninsured Veterans Harvard/Public Citizen Shows Significant
Increase Since 2000 |
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October 12, 2004 |
GOP
Denies Votes on Veterans’ Bills, Adjourns House and Goes Home;
Servicemembers, Veterans and Military Families Lose Out
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October 8, 2004 |
Republican Last-Minute Objection
Blocks Passage of Bill to Recruit and Keep VA Doctors, Nurses; GOP
also fails to act on critical veterans’ benefits bill as House nears adjournment |
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October 7, 2004 |
Evans Introduces Comprehensive
Legislation
to Address Former, Current Servicemembers’ Mental Health Concerns |
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October 5, 2004 |
Statement of Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL) on VA Health
Care ‘Discharge Petition’ |
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October 4, 2004 |
GOP Leadership Fails to Schedule
Votes on Critical Veterans’ Benefits Bills |
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September 21, 2004 |
Evans’ Inquiry Spurs GAO Report on
DoD/VA Efforts to Address Troops’ Mental Health Concerns |
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September 8, 2004 |
Evans to Introduce Comprehensive
Legislation to Address Post-traumatic Stress Disorder |
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August 23, 2004 |
Evans to Host Democratic Online Town Hall Meeting,
Meeting will address issues facing veterans and military retirees |
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June 22, 2004 |
Evans’ Resolution Makes Pedestrian
Travel Safer for Visually Impaired |
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June 3, 2004 |
EVANS HOSTS EVENT TO EXAMINE
ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES
TO FUND VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE |
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May 24, 2004 |
Uncle Sam May
Owe You More Than a Thank You on Memorial Day, Evans Reminds
Wartime Veterans and Their Survivors of VA Pension Benefits |
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May 2004 |
Memorial Day 2004 |
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May 7, 2004 |
Statement of Lane Evans on the Department of
Veterans Affairs Decision Regarding Plan for Major Restructuring of Health Care
System |
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March 3, 2004 |
EVANS APPEARS BEFORE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ADVOCATE
$2.5 BILLION INCREASE IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING
FOR VETERANS’ PROGRAMS |
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February 26, 2004 |
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
SUBSTANTIAL
INCREASE IN BUSH VA BUDGET |
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February 12, 2004 |
EVANS
OPPOSES BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO SPEND $91 MILLION TO CUT VETERANS’ HOME
LOANS |
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February 2, 2004 |
BUSH ADMINISTRATION ’05 VA BUDGET
REFLECTS MISPLACED PRIORITIES, PLACES GREATER BURDEN ON SOME VETERANS |
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January 30, 2004 |
EVANS BLASTS LABOR DEPARTMENT’S
PROPOSED OVERTIME REGULATIONS; Bush Administration’s
New Rules Punish Some Veterans for their Service to America |
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January 16, 2004 |
Evans Calls for Immediate
Improvements in VA Traumatic Stress Treatment |
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December 9, 2003 |
HOUSE APPROVES BUDGET FOR VETERANS IN CONSOLIDATED
APPROPRIATIONS BILL |
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December 8, 2003 |
House Passes Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act; Legislation Provides Important Rights and Protections to
Servicemembers and Families |
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November 24, 2003 |
Marshall Discharge Petition Forces Some
Relief From Disabled Veterans Tax, Democrats to
Continue Efforts for Complete Repeal |
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November 21, 2003 |
HOUSE SENDS FAR-REACHING VETERANS’
HEALTH CARE BILL TO PRESIDENT |
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November 20, 2003 |
HOUSE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO MEASURES BENEFITING
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE PERSONNEL, FORMER POWs, SURVIVING SPOUSES AND
DEPENDENTS |
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October 29, 2003 |
EVANS INTRODUCES BILL TO ASSIST WOMEN VETERANS,
VETERANS OF VIETNAM AND GULF, AND MENTAL ILLNESS
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October 23, 2003 |
EVANS REMINDS VETERANS OF EDUCATION BENEFITS
INCREASE; CALLS FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS |
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October 17, 2003 |
Justice For Some Later Or Justice
For All Now? -- Evans Estimates 75% Of Disabled Military Retirees To Be Shut Out
Of Republican Plan While The Remainder Must Wait Ten Years For Full Relief |
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October 16, 2003 |
Evans Suspicious Republican Plan May Be Another
Effort, to Restrict Benefits to Disabled Veterans |
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October 15, 2003 |
Evans: Republican “Compromise” on Disabled
Veterans Tax - No Victory for Veterans |
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October 8, 2003 |
HOUSE APPROVES BENEFITS FOR VETERANS’ CHILDREN
WITH SPINA BIFIDA,
FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR, RESERVISTS |
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September 11, 2003 |
EVANS, OTHER DEMOCRATS PRESS TO ABOLISH TAX ON DISABLED VETERANS |
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September 10, 2003 |
Evans Opposes Proposal to Drastically Limit
Eligibility for Veterans’ Service-connected Compensation Benefits |
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September 9, 2003 |
Democrats Urge
House Leadership to Support Addition of $1.8 Billion to Veterans Health Care
Funding |
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August 20, 2003 |
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Commissioners Hear Testimony on Plan to Restructure VA Health Care Services;
Evans Critical of Realignment Plan for Central Illinois |
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August 7, 2003 |
EVANS SECURES OPM GUARANTY TO PROTECT VETERANS
DURING A-76 OUTSOURCING JOB CUTS |
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August 4, 2003 |
EVANS WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST U.S. OFFICE OF
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT,
COURT ORDERS
RELEASE OF HUMAN RESOURCE POLICY MEMORANDUM
|
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August 4, 2003 |
EVANS RESPONDS TO DRAFT PLAN TO REALIGN VETERANS
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Calls on
Administration to Ensure Plan for Funding Critical Investments in Department of
Veterans Affairs Infrastructure |
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July 25, 2003 |
PLEDGE TO VETERANS BROKEN
Party-Line Vote Foils Advocates’ Attempts to Add Significant Funds for Veterans
Health Care |
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June 24, 2003 |
DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE VETERANS AND
ARMED FORCES
BENEFITS PACKAGE |
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June 17, 2003 |
EVANS,
NATIONAL VETERANS’ ORGANIZATIONS LEAD CHARGE
FOR MANDATORY FUNDING OF VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE |
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June 13, 2003 |
EVANS
INTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE NURSING HOME CARE FOR MORE VETERANS |
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June 11, 2003 |
Press
Advisory -- Mandatory Funding for Veterans’ Health Care |
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June 9, 2003 |
EVANS PRESSES BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO IMPROVE ‘ABYSMAL’ RECORD
ON DISABLED VETERAN SMALL BUSINESSES
|
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June 6, 2003 |
Evans Introduces Bill to Authorize Bed Tower Construction at West Side Division of Veterans Affairs Medical Center;
Bill Would Forestall Disposal of Lakeside Facility Until VA
Contracts for New Bed Tower Construction
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June 4, 2003 |
EVANS
INTRODUCES BILL TO ASSURE FUNDING
FOR VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE |
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June 2, 2003 |
Evans Urges Military Retirees Disabled by Exposure
to Agent Orange, Radiation and other Toxins to Apply for Combat-Related
Special Pay |
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May 29, 2003 |
EVANS ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION TO INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION TO ASSURE FUNDING FOR VETERANS HEALTH CARE |
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May 28, 2003 |
Evans Inquiry Secures Agreement
to Keep VA Contract Work in the United States |
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May 23, 2003 |
Little Progress in Implementation
of Law Guaranteeing Veterans’ Access to Non-Institutional Long-Term Care
Services in Department of Veterans Affairs; New Report Finds Access to
Services ‘Limited and Highly Variable’ |
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May 22, 2003 |
HOUSE TO PASS EVANS’ SELECTED
RESERVE HOME LOAN BILL; Bill Would Make Temporary Home Loan Program Permanent
and Equalize Fees |
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May 9, 2003 |
Evans Asks
Secretary Rumsfeld for Information Concerning Agent Orange and Similar
Herbicide Usage in Guam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Puerto Rico and Various
Locations in the United States; Veterans Need Access to Information to
Establish VA Claims Related to Herbicide Exposure |
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May 7, 2003 |
EVANS SUPPORTED VETERANS MEASURE
PASSED BY THE HOUSE: BILL NOW AWAITS SENATE CONSIDERATION |
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May 7, 2003 |
EVANS REPORTS
TURNOVER RATE OF AS MUCH AS 40% FOR NEW VETERANS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES; GAO
Reports VA Needs Better Data Collection and Analysis to Improve VA Workforce
Planning |
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May 6, 2003 |
House Subcommittee Approves Bill to Rename
Chicago Veterans Hospital After Secretary “for” Veterans Affairs,
Jesse Brown |
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May 1, 2003 |
EVANS
INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE SERVICEMEMBERS’ TRANSITION TO
CIVILIAN LIFE;
Legislation insures all servicemembers
receive job-search assistance and homelessness risk awareness
counseling |
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April 30, 2003 |
EVANS TO BUSH
ADMINISTRATION: HALT EFFORTS TO OUTSOURCE VETERANS’ JOBS;
OMB Admits A-76 Outsourcing Process Rushes Forward With No Impact
Analysis on Veterans’ Employment |
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April 17, 2003 |
FEDERAL
HUMAN RESOURCE POLICY AND PERFORMANCE SHOULD NOT BE CLOAKED IN
SECRECY; Illinois Congressman Questions U.S. Office of Personnel
Management Reluctance to Provide Information
|
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April 11, 2003 |
Bush Administration Opposes VA Benefits for Children with Spina
Bifida Birth Defect Associated with Veteran Parents’ Exposure to
Agent Orange; Evans Says Position is Morally and Ethically Wrong |
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March 20, 2003 |
LANE EVANS, SOLOMON
ORTIZ, TIM RYAN INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE SELECTED RESERVE
EDUCATION BENEFITS, Guard and Reserve are integral components of
military’s “Total Force” defense policy; deserve quality education
benefits program |
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March 20, 2003 |
Evans Introduces “The
Veterans Prescription Drug Benefits Act of 2003” to Provide
Outpatient Prescription Drugs to Veterans, Veterans Health
Subcommittee Hearing Examines Bill |
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March 14, 2003 |
EVANS INTRODUCES
SELECTED RESERVE HOME LOAN EQUITY ACT, Proposes to Make
Temporary Home Loan Program Permanent
and Eliminate Additional Fees
|
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March 13, 2003 |
VETERANS PROGRAMS
SLASHED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS, Budget Committee Blueprint Cuts
Veterans Health Care and Other Benefits
by Nearly $25 Billion |
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March 13, 2003 |
DECEASED INDIGENT
VETERANS HAVE EARNED RECOGNITION OF MILITARY SERVICE,
EVANS’
LEGISLATION HONORS DEPARTED INDIGENT VETERANS, RAISES GRASSROOTS
AWARENESS OF HOMELESS VETERANS
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March 11, 2003 |
Evans and Israel Urge HUD to Recognize Disabled Veterans
-
Treat Social Security and VA Disability Programs Alike
|
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March 10, 2003 |
EVANS COSPONSORS
VETERANS’ BENEFITS MEASURES, Bills Will Assist Disabled Veterans
Achieve Self-Employment and Independent Living Goals
|
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March 7, 2003 |
EVANS’ LEGISLATION TO INCREASE SELECTED RESERVE
MGIB EDUCATION BENEFITS, Reserve components
play an increasingly important role in National Defense policy; deserve
quality education benefits program |
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March 5, 2003 |
Evans Commends Secretary Principi
Proposed POW Presumption of Service-connection |
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February 28, 2003 |
EVANS CALLS ON VA TO VOID CONTRACT FOR OUTSOURCING
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES VA Prepares to Hire Company Known to Use
Low-Paid Workers in India for Work Currently Done by Federal Employees |
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February 27, 2003 |
EVANS: $3 BILLION INCREASE FOR VETERANS’ PROGRAMS
RECOMMENDED Veterans Committee Rejects Bush Administration Budget
Proposal to Limit Veterans Demand and Curtail Veterans Services |
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February 14, 2003 |
EVANS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ASSIST SEVERELY
DISABLED SERVICEMEMBERS OBTAIN ADAPTED HOUSING |
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February 12, 2003 |
EVANS ASKS GAO TO REVIEW LEGALITY OF VA’S
TERMINATION OF VENDEE LOAN PROGRAM |
|
February 11, 2003 |
Administration’s Budget for Veterans
Challenged, Questioned,
Democrats Say Budget “Bleak”, “Inadequate”;
Call for More Funding, Fewer Budget Gimmicks |
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February 10, 2003 |
EVANS QUESTIONS BUSH ADMINISTRATION RUSH TO
PRIVATIZE FEDERAL JOBS; MANY DISABLED VETERANS POTENTIAL JOB LOSERS, Evans
Seeks Administration’s Analysis of “Contracting” on Veterans’ Preference
Policy in Federal Workforce. |
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February 7, 2003 |
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR
THOUSANDS OF VETERANS THREATENED, Drug Czar Demands Full Veterans Health
Administration Accounting to Free $600 Million in Program Funds |
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February 6, 2003 |
EVANS CONCERNED OVER ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURE TO AWARD PROCUREMENT
CONTRACTS TO DISABLED VETERANS AND HIGH VETERAN UNEMPLOYMENT,
IMPROVED AGENCY ACTION AND RESULTS EXPECTED
|
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February 4, 2003 |
EVANS CALLS BUSH’S BUDGET
REQUEST FOR VA “DEVASTATING” |
|
January 29, 2003 |
EVANS VOWS TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE GUARANTEED
FUNDING FOR VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM |
|
January 23, 2003 |
Evans Praises Secretary of
Veterans Affairs' Decision to Draft Regulations Providing Vietnam Veterans
with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) a Presumption of Service-connection |
|
January 17, 2003 |
VA Secretary to Limit
Enrollment for Veterans Health Care; Evans Calls on Bush Administration to
Request Adequate Budget for Growing Health Care System |
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January 16, 2003 |
Evans Declares, "Full and
Continues Accounting of All Domestic Select Biological Agents Essential"
Plague Scare, "Loss" of Texas Tech Laboratory Vials Requires Effective Bush
Administration Action Now |
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January 14, 2003 |
Evans Files Suite for Release of
General Counsel Opinion on Federal Hiring Policies; OPM Refused FOIA Request
on Vet Preference Memo Being Used to Guide Employment Decisions |
