Jerry Moran - Ranking member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee | Official U.S. Senate headshot
Jerry Moran - Ranking member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee | Official U.S. Senate headshot
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.), ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, addressed the Senate Appropriations Committee regarding a nearly $15 billion funding shortfall at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
“I’m committed to making sure veterans and survivors do not suffer because of what I think is significant financial mismanagement or incompetence at the Department of Veterans Affairs,” said Sen. Moran. “I am gravely concerned that the administration, both at VA and OMB specifically, misled Congress for months about the state of affairs at VA and the level of resources that are actually needed to care for veterans and their survivors.”
The VA recently briefed Congress on a mandatory funding shortfall of approximately $3 billion in compensation, pension, and readjustment benefits accounts for FY2024, as well as a discretionary funding shortfall of approximately $12 billion in its medical care accounts for FY2025.
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