RAMSEY SULAYMAN

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.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

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.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to advance the health and wellbeing of veterans and Service members through legislation including the Daniel Somers Network of Support Act (H.R. 5324), to require DoD to establish a pilot program encourage newly enlisted Service members to designate up to fifteen individuals to receive information related to military service; the Refer and Equip Veterans and Military Personnel Act (H.R. 4993), to add health care planning as part of the Transition Assistance Program; and the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 21 (H.R. 6395, S. 4049), for matters relating to military health care and personnel benefits.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to advance the health and wellbeing of veterans and Service members through legislation including the Daniel Somers Network of Support Act (H.R. 5324), to require DoD to establish a pilot program encourage newly enlisted Service members to designate up to fifteen individuals to receive information related to military service; the Refer and Equip Veterans and Military Personnel Act (H.R. 4993), to add health care planning as part of the Transition Assistance Program; and the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 21 (H.R. 6395, S. 4049), for matters relating to military health care and personnel benefits.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

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.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

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.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

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.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

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.

Lobbying to advance the health and wellbeing of veterans and Service members through legislation including the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 21 (H.R. 6395, S. 4049), for matters relating to military health care and personnel benefits. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded Service members and their caregivers.

Lobbying to advance the health and wellbeing of veterans and Service members through legislation including the Daniel Somers Network of Support Act (H.R. 5324), to require DoD to establish a pilot program encourage newly enlisted Service members to designate up to fifteen individuals to receive information related to military service; the Refer and Equip Veterans and Military Personnel Act (H.R. 4993), to add health care planning as part of the Transition Assistance Program; and the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 21 (H.R. 6395, S. 4049), for matters relating to military health care and personnel benefits.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

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.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

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.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

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.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to advance the health and wellbeing of veterans and Service members through legislation including the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 21 (H.R. 6395, S. 4049), for matters relating to military health care and personnel benefits. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded Service members and their caregivers.

Lobbying to advance the health and wellbeing of veterans and Service members through legislation including the Daniel Somers Network of Support Act (H.R. 5324), to require DoD to establish a pilot program encourage newly enlisted Service members to designate up to fifteen individuals to receive information related to military service; the Refer and Equip Veterans and Military Personnel Act (H.R. 4993), to add health care planning as part of the Transition Assistance Program; and the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 21 (H.R. 6395, S. 4049), for matters relating to military health care and personnel benefits.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 7105), to improve care for women veterans and veterans exposed to toxic materials while in service, and to improve VA life insurance benefits; the Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment Act (draft), to realign VAs Equal Employment Opportunity Director and Program Managers, impose mandatory sexual harassment training, and review VA sexual harassment policies and directives; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; and the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records. Additional advocacy in support of vaccination access for severely wounded veterans and their caregivers.

Lobbying to improve the health and wellbeing of veterans through legislation including the Deborah Sampson Act (S.514), to improve Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for women veterans; the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 785), to improve mental health care provided by VA; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the TEAM Act (S. 4393), to improve the provision of VA health care and other benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances; the Veterans Economic Recovery Act (S.3899), to direct VA to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans; H.R. 697, to authorize VA to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (H.R. 8261, S. 4572), to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, including emissions from open burn pits; the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act (S. 4594), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans; the Department of Homeland Security Hiring Act (draft bill), to amend DHS hiring authorities; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020 (draft bill), to create a presumption of burn pit exposure in service for certain veterans; H.R. 3450, to prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3504), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 3826), to prohibit the Secretary of VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system; the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act (H.R. 5048), to authorize VA to provide aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries; the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act (H.R. 5487), to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of VA grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans cemeteries; the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act (H.R. 5639), to authorize VA to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose cremated remains are not interred in certain cemeteries; the Veterans ACCESS Act (H.R. 5697), to direct VA to furnish emergent mental health care to individuals dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 5995), to allow for concurrent receipt of VA disability and DoD retirement pay; the Veteran Families Financial Support Act (H.R. 6013), to modernize service-disabled veterans insurance; the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 6060), to direct VA to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by VA; the Veterans Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 7443), require VA to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim; the Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act (H.R. 7469), to establish an advisory commission regarding VA health care eligibility; the VA Clinical Training in Evidence-based Treatments And Military (VA TEAM) Culture Act (H.R. 7504), to require VA to establish standards and requirements for non-Department mental health care providers participating in the VA Community Care program; the VA Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 7879), to direct VA to establish a grant program to expand and improve the provision of telehealth services to veterans; the VA Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747), to direct VA to submit an annual report to Congress on the Solid Start program (an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military); the Ensuring Veterans Access Act (H.R. 7926), to allow for the electronic request of certain records; the Peer Support for Veteran Families Act (H.R. 7964), direct VA to carry out education and peer support programs for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; the Lethal Means Safety Training Act (H.R. 8084), to direct VA to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course; VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act (H.R. 8107), to direct VA to submit a report to Congress on efforts to implement safety planning in emergency departments; the TREAT Act (H.R. 8147), to direct VA to expand and establish pilot programs related to complementary and integrative health services for veterans; the VA Precision Medicine Act (H.R. 8149), to direct VA to carry out an initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans; and the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act (H.R. 8559), to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

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.

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 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 improve veterans educational assistance through transparency and accountability; draft legislation to reduce wait times for compensation and pension examinations. Lobbying for the inclusion of veteran-minded provisions affecting health, employment, and education in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.