Care for the Veteran Caregiver Act

Support H.R. 4870/S. 2629, United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019, to ensure full support and timely deployment of the Ready Reserve of the Commissioned Corps of the USPHS and amends the Commissioned Corps and Ready Reserve Corps through providing a technical fix to an existing authorization. Signed onto letter to the Postal Regulatory Commission strongly discouraging the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) from proceeding with its proposed rule affecting the system for regulating market dominant postal rates and classifications. As proposed, this rule would significantly impair the ability of our member organizations to meet the challenges faced by communities that have served and sacrificed for our national security (Docket RM2017-3). Supporting S.2981 and H.R. 2406, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2019. Support Care for the Veteran Caregiver Act (H.R. 5701). Signed on to letters of support to both Senate and House Committees on Appropriations requesting that the Vision Research Program (VRP) be funded at $30 million for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21). Signed on to letter to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations in support of securing the necessary resources to support the continued work by the treatment-focused Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP), part of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) funded within the Department of Defense (DoD). Submitted letter to House and Senate Armed Service Committees in support of S.3503, which provides VA with the authority it needs to administer VA education benefits without disruption as schools across the nation respond to COVID-19. Signed letter of support for the Major Richard Star Act H.R. 5995, and the Senate companion bill S.3393. Signed letter of support to House and Senate for waiving co-payments for Tricare mail-order prescriptions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Vice President of the U.S.

S.679-HAVEN Act;S.785John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health;HR2942-HEALTH Act; HR3813-Brian Tally VA Medical;HR3530-Housing for Blind Vets; HR 3640-Vets Ed; HR 3608-Underserved Vets; HR4165-Vet Newborn Care; HR2645-HOPE; HR4137-TEAM Caregiver Act; S.2216-Financial Fraud; HR592-Agent Orange;S.2966, Rural Vet Travel; HR6466,IDES;S.3575,school closures;S.3587, websites for disabled; S.646, MOH & POW burial; S.6322, Student coronavirus Response;HR6168,DIC;HR6157,GI Bill; S3408, Medical foster homes; HR5867, Vet suicide; HR 5697, Vets ACCESS Act; HR 5701, Caregiver; HR5724, SAVE Act; HR 4625, GI Bill;HR4824, Vets Back to Work; HR 4613, VA Transparency; HR 4085, Student Vet Empowerment;HR4370, Oxygen Therapy; HR 4477, Vets Service; HR 4154, Leave no Vets Behind; HR 4451, Care for vet with illness; HR 4503, VA workplace integrity; HR 4817, VA Opioid;HR 5009, Vet ed transfer; S.2950, Vet Burn Pit; HR 5028, Protect vet benefits; HR 5027, Vet mental Health; HR5030, Vet suicide.

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Lobbying in support of the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (S. 2022, H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Protecting Moms Who Served Act (H.R. 6141), to improve VAs maternity care services for women veterans; the Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (TBI and PTSD) Law Enforcement Training Act (H.R. 6008), to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability compensation and DoD retired pay; the HEARTS and Rural Relief Act (H.R. 3429), to improve health insurance options for veterans who qualify for Medicare and TRICARE; the Care for the Veteran Caregiver Act (H.R. 5701), to extend certain stipend payments and ease eligibility criteria for severely wounded veterans in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act (S. 785), to improve mental health care services provided by VA; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act (S. 2950), to concede veterans exposure to certain airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits; draft legislation to improve research and healthcare for toxic exposure-related illnesses; draft legislation to change the name of VAs Vocational Rehabilitation Program to Vocational Readiness and Employment Program.

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported