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My father was a highly decorated WWII veteran and Purple Heart recipient, and that is why I am so passionate about improving the way our nation treats its veterans. I’m proud to sit on the Veterans’ Affairs committee, where I advocate for the 400,000 veterans in Alabama and millions more across the country.
These men and women have sacrificed so much to protect our country, and they deserve to be treated with the utmost dignity and respect.
In 2022, veteran unemployment reached its lowest point in three years at 3 percent. But we can — and must — do more to help our veterans re-enter the civilian workforce and society.
As a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, I’m focused on identifying targeted and meaningful changes that can be made to how the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) delivers benefits and care to America’s veterans and servicemembers. Additionally, it is important to increase oversight of the VA to ensure that resources are used judiciously so that veterans receive the high-quality and specialized care, support, and job-training they need to make the transition back home and lead successful lives as civilians.
Seemingly small changes to how the VA delivers care and benefits can make a big difference to veterans and their families. My office is committed to identifying targeted and meaningful improvements we can make to the VA through legislation.
Veterans have risked their lives for us, the least we can do is streamline access and availability to quality care, lifesaving therapeutics, and vaccines.
I co-sponsored the SAVE LIVES Act, which Congress passed and President Biden signed into law, to increase accessibility to the COVID-19 vaccine for service members and their spouses.
I co-sponsored the GHAPS Act, to improve veterans’ access to cutting-edge, high quality, and timely care.
Codify MISSION access standards to protect current veteran eligibility standards for MISSION’s Veterans Community Care Program.
Create access standards for community care delivery to make certain veterans receive timely care in the community.
Direct VA to create a strategic plan to ensure the Department is addressing continuity of care issues amidst a changing VA footprint.
Direct VA to create a tele-health strategic plan to ensure the Department is deploying virtual care thoughtfully and utilizing innovative solutions to deliver tele-health to rural veterans.
Ensure all veterans with treatment-resistant depression have access to the necessary evidence-based care to put them on the path to recovery.
Cut the red tape for VA research by removing the burdensome Paperwork Reduction Act requirements; ensuring veterans benefit from more timely research-informed care.
I co-sponsored the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act which would take the VA out of the community care referral process, increasing access to care and decreasing red tape.
