Official
Correspondence
Letter to
President George Bush urging him to fulfill the commitment he made to
veterans during ceremonies held for Veterans Day yesterday at Arlington
National Cemetery. November 12, 2002
Letter to
the Honorable Anthony Principi, Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, encouraging the VA to provide special speech therapy to veterans
with Parkinson's Disease at the Parkinson's Disease Research Education and
Clinical Centers. October 24, 2002
Letter to the
Honorable Elaine Chao, Secretary of the Department of Labor, requesting a
written description, including goals and milestone dates, of the current
plans of the Department to provide transition assistance services
overseas. October 15, 2002
Letter to the
Editor of The Washington Post in reference to two published articles in
reference to the men and women who service our country through Reserve and
National Guard duty. September 30, 2002
Letter from
the Honorable Kay Cole James, Office of Personnel Management, regarding
waivers to Title 5 concerning the Personnel Demonstration Project for the
U.S. Department of Agriculture since the initial waivers were published in
the Federal Register in 1990. September 15, 2002
Letter to the
Honorable Kay Cole James, Office of Personnel Management, regarding the
Freedom of Information Act Request. September 5, 2002
Letter to
the Honorable James Walsh, Chairman of the Subcommittee on VA/HUD and
Independent Agencies urging the Subcommittee to include clear and
directive language in the Veterans Affairs, HUD, and Independent Agency
Appropriations Bill for FY 2003 to assure that the VA Office of the
Inspector General will receive the full $69.1 million requested by the
House Committee on Veterans Affairs. August 13,2 002 (similar letter
sent to all Members of the Subcommittee)
Letter to the
Honorable Kay Coles James, Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
requesting complete responses to April 4 and April 25 letters from
Honorable Lane Evans. August 6, 2002
Letter to the
Honorable George W. Bush, The President, urging him to sign a bill making
supplemental appropriations for the year ending September 30, 2002, and to
designate the $417 million Congress agreed to appropriate for veterans'
health care as emergency spending. July 26, 2002
Letter from
the Honorable Kay Coles James, Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, partially responding to April 4, 2002, letter from the
Honorable Lane Evans requesting OPM's rationale for directing that hiring
agencies should issue only one certificate for all qualified candidates
for single interdisciplinary position. July 19, 2002
Letter from the Honorable Anthony Principi, Secretary of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, concerning waiting times for VA health care. July
12, 2002
Response from the Honorable Anthony Principi, Secretary of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, to Congressman Evans' May 24 letter concerning the
handling of appeals remanded by the Board of Veterans' Appeals. June
26, 2002
Letter from
the Honorable Kay Coles James, Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, partially responding to April 25, 2002, letter from the
Honorable Lane Evans requesting DVAAP report compliance information and
assessment of agency compliance with the spirit of DVAAP. June 13,
2002
Letter to
the Editor of The Washington Post about May 27, 2002, article with
showers of accolades on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for
processing veterans claims. The article was surely welcomed by
agency officials, but is unfortunately a disservice to America's veterans
who continue to wait for a fair and accurate decision on their claims for
benefits. Unfortunately, The Washington Post's facts, which are
easily verifiable on VA's public website, were wrong. May 30, 2002
Letter to Honorable Anthony Principi,
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, about concerns that as a
result of VA's efforts to meet production quotas for new claims, regional
offices may be ignoring their responsibility to provide expedited
consideration of these pending remanded claims. May 24, 2002
Letter to the Honorable Kay
Coles James, Director of the Office of
Personnel Management, requesting DVAAP report compliance information and
assessment of agency compliance with the spirit of DVAAP. April 25, 2002
Letter to the
Honorable Kay Coles James, Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
requesting OPM’s rationale for directing that hiring agencies should issue
only one certificate for all qualified candidates for single interdisciplinary
position. April 4, 2002
Letter from Mitchell Daniels, Jr.,
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, concerning concurrent
payments of Department of Veterans Affairs' disability compensation and
military retirement pay. April 4, 2002
Letter to Honorable Anthony
Principi, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in reference to
maintaining long-term care capacity as required by law. March 26,
2002
Letter
to Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of the Department of Defense,
requesting that DoD immediately commence a review of the prior and revised
Khamisiyah plume data to determine if the significant difference in death
rates now reported between the old and new cohorts as well as the new
cohort and deployed and non-deployed service members can be satisfactorily
explained. February 22, 2002
Letter
to Honorable Anthony Principi, Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, requesting that DoD immediately commence a review of the prior
and revised Khamisiyah plume data to determine if the significant
difference in death rates now reported between the old and new cohorts as
well as the new cohort and deployed and non-deployed service members can
be satisfactorily explained. February 22, 2002
Letter
to Honorable Norman Mineta, Secretary of the Department of Transportation,
in reference to the hiring preference granted to our veterans competing
for security screener positions. January 14, 2002
Letter
to Director,
Office of Regulations Management in response to RIN 2900-AK65 -
Interim Final Regulations Concerning Benefits to Filipino Veterans
Residing in the United States.
January 4, 2002
Letter to Honorable Mel
Martinez, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in
reference to the re-activation of the Interagency Council on the
Homeless. December 21, 2001.
Letter to Honorable Anthony
Principi, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to commend the
Department of Veterans Affairs for receiving one of five of Harvard
University’s prestigious Innovation in American Government awards for
your extensive work in patient safety. December 20, 2001
Letter to Honorable Anthony Principi, Secretary of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, urging the Department to immediately
cease rewarding VBA claims adjudication offices for being highly
productive when the quality of the work being performed is poor.
November 5, 2001
Letter to Honorable Anthony
Principi, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, emphasizing
the need to take corrective action to ensure that the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) provide quality and timely medical care to our
nation’s service-connected disabled veterans for their service-connected
conditions. August 24, 2001
Letter to President Bush urging him
to ensure care for combat wounded veterans. August 10, 2001
Letter
to President Bush urging full implementation of the Veterans Millennium
Health Care and Benefits Act, P.L. 106-117. May 16, 2001
Report and Recommendation,
Department of Veterans Affairs, Claims Processing Task Force. May 16,
2001
Letter to Honorable Anthony
Principi, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, bringing
attention to the Secretary’s discretion to annually review and adjust
beneficiary travel rates. May
8, 2001
Letter
to Chairman Nussle requesting that the budget conference committee include
the following:
$3.1 billion for health care; $3 billion for concurrent receipt; $300
million for the impact aid program; and, $775 million for MGIB.
Cosigned by 21 members. May 1, 2001
Letter to the Honorable
Lane Evans from Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, regarding
the VA health care and benefits for veterans who may have been exposed to
herbicides while serving at Fort Drum, New York. March 23, 2001.
Letter to the Honorable Lane
Evans from BG T.L. Corwin, USMC, Legislative Assistant to the Commandant,
concerning Marines being exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam
Era. March 16, 2001
Letter to the Honorable
Lane Evans from the Honorable Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits,
regarding VA benefits for veterans who may have been exposed to Agent Orange
while serving in Korea. March 13, 2001
Letter to The Honorable George W.
Bush urging him to restore the purchasing power of education benefits for
veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) program. February 13,
2001
Letter to Honorable Lane Evans
from the Honorable Hershel Gober, Acting Secretary for the VA, regarding
plans to issue a regulation creating a presumption of service connection for
certain veterans with hepatitis C infection. January 18, 2001
Letter to The Honorable
William J. Clinton, The President, in reference to proposed regulations to provide for a
presumption of service-connection for atomic veterans who are diagnosed with or have died
from lung, colon, ovarian, and brain and central nervous system cancer. December 14,
2000
Letter to Honorable Louis
Caldera, Secretary of the Army, requesting information contained in military records,
concerning the activities of the 802nd Engineers in disposing of Agent Orange or any other
herbicide during the spring of 1978 and in particular the month of April. December
1, 2000
Letter to Honorable Joseph
Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, in response to VA's September 29 letter clarifying
the Department's position on veterans exposed to herbicides in areas other than the
Republic of Vietnam - Encouraging the Department to promulgate regulations clearly
stating VA's position. November 20, 2000
Letter to Honorable Hershel
Gober, Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, on the Department's
drafting of a proposed rule to establish a presumption of service connection for certain
veterans who test positive for the Hepatitis C virus. November 2, 2000
Letter from Department of Veterans Affairs, Under
Secretary of Benefits, Honorable Joseph Thompson, on the VA benefits for veterans who may
have been exposed to Agent Orange while serving in Korea. (Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3). September 29, 2000
Letter to Honorable Hershel
Gober, Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, on the Institute of
Medicine report linking type 2 diabetes to Agent Orange exposure. October 11, 2000
Correspondence to/from
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Committee on Veterans Affairs in reference to the
eligibility for pension for veterans who are farmers. May 25 and June 27, 2000
Letter to Honorable Togo
D. West, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, on the Fair Act.
March 15, 2000
Letter to House
Budget Committee submitting VA Committee's views and estimates on the Department of
Veterans Affairs budget for FY 2001. February 25, 2000
Letter to House and
Senate Conferees of the VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 00.
October 7, 1999
Response from
Honorable John M. Spratt, Jr. to Honorable Lane Evans' March 12, 1999 letter regarding the
Democratic alternative to the Budget Resolution. April 19, 1999
Ranking Democratic
Member Lane Evans - Official Correspondence of March 12, 1999 to Honorable John M. Spratt,
Jr., Ranking Democratic Member of the House Committee on the Budget regarding the
Democratic alternative to the Budget Resolution.
Ranking Democratic Member Lane
Evans, Benefits Subcommittee Chairman Jack Quinn and Ranking Democratic Member Bob Filner
and Members of the Subcommittee - Official Correspondence of February 4th to Office of
Regulation Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding a proposed rule
change to end the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current practice of
withholding and paying attorneys’ fees from beneficiaries’ past due benefits.
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