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Tammy Baldwin's Public Statements on Issue: Veterans

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09/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Tester Presses VA to Provide Coverage for Telehealth Services for Family Members During COVID-19 Pandemic
08/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service - Baldwin, Colleagues Demand Postal Service Address Delivery Delays of Veterans' Prescription Drugs
08/05/2020 Baldwin and Blumenthal Push for Va to Cover K2 Veterans' Toxic Exposure Care
08/05/2020 Tweet - "The Pentagon has known for years that our U.S. troops were exposed to cancer causing toxins while serving in Uzbekistan at the K2 base and it's simply wrong for the VA to deny them health care and disability benefits. We need to change this."
08/05/2020 Tweet - "I have introduced bipartisan legislation that lays the ground work for ensuring that U.S. servicemembers who were deployed to K2 in Uzbekistan are covered and compensated for exposure to toxic substances at the base."
08/05/2020 Baldwin, Blackburn and Feinstein Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help K2 Veterans
08/04/2020 Blumenthal & Baldwin Push for VA to Cover K2 Veterans' Toxic Exposure Care
07/28/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Call for Department of Education to Reverse Rule That Excludes Many Student Veterans from Emergency COVID-19 Relief Aid
07/14/2020 Tweet - "The VA is refusing to pay bills for emergency care and more than 600,000 veterans have had ER claims improperly denied. This is wrong and I have introduced legislation to make the VA do their job and follow the law by reimbursing veterans for emergency medical expenses."
07/02/2020 Baldwin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Mandating Va Reimbursement of Veterans' Emergency Health Care Claims as Va Files Court Appeal to Avoid Payout
07/02/2020 Tweet - "Our veterans have bravely served and sacrificed for the freedoms we all cherish, so I'm working with @SenBlumenthal to do right by them and their families by ensuring they receive reimbursement for the emergency care they have earned and deserve."
07/01/2020 Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation Mandating VA Reimbursement of Veterans' Emergency Health Care Claims as VA Files Court Appeal to Avoid Payout
06/23/2020 Tweet - "I introduced a bipartisan resolution designating this Saturday, June 27, as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day. We must raise awareness of post-traumatic stress & provide our veterans & their families with the support they have earned & deserve. "
05/14/2020 Senate Passes Baldwin's Bipartisan Reform to Create Three-Digit Suicide Prevention Hotline
05/06/2020 Letter to Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Warner Urges Veterans Affairs to Develop COVID-19 Testing Strategy at Facilities Nationwide
04/24/2020 Tweet - "The White House's broken supply chain and distribution process for medical supplies has left our VA workers without the #PPE they need to protect themselves and treat our veterans. This is a disgraceful failure."
04/23/2020 Letter to the Hon. Michael Pence, Vice President of the United States - Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Urge Administration To Fully Utilize Defense Production Act & Protect Veterans From COVID-19
04/03/2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Tester Doubles Down on Effort to Ensure Veterans Swiftly Get Stimulus Checks from CARES Act
04/03/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Saul, Social Security Administrator, and Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Baldwin, Colleagues Call on Administration to Ensure Veterans, SSI Beneficiaries Get Stimulus Checks Automatically
03/12/2020 Letter to Richard Stone, Executive in Charge of the Veterans Health Administration - Senator Baldwin Pushes for VA to Increase Protection for Veterans During Coronavirus Outbreak
02/12/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Durbin, Duckworth Slam Trump Administration For Stonewalling Veterans Suffering From Agent Orange
01/31/2020 Letter to Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs - Senator Tammy Baldwin Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Release state Reports on Prescription Drug Monitoring Compliance
01/21/2020 Letter to Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of the Army, Barbara Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, Thomas Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy, and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Baldwin, Senate Colleagues Want Answers After Reports that Pentagon is Holding up Info to Veterans and Advocates
01/15/2020 Reps. Mike Levin, Greg Steube Announce Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Access to Veterans' Services
12/11/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Calabria, Dir. of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Sinema leads bipartisan effort ensuring servicemembers and veterans have access to VA home loan benefits
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