Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02), member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and conferee on the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Conference Committee, released the following statement in reaction to an Associated Press Story regarding extended wait times at the South Bend Community Outpatient Center: “There is no excuse for veterans to have to wait over …read more.

By LINDSAY JANCEK Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski Congresswoman Jackie Walorski has announced her committee assignments to the 114th Congress. She will serve on the House Committee on Agriculture and chair the Nutrition Subcommittee and remain on the House Armed Services Committee and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. “With more than 14 million acres of farmland …read more.

By LINDSAY JANCEK Communications Director, Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, member of the House Armed Services Committee, expressed her concern with the high rate of military sexual assaults after a report released by the Department of Defense reported 19,000 incidents of unwanted sexual contact in 2014. The report, which anonymously surveyed members …read more.

By LINDSAY JANCEK Communications Director for Congresswoman Jackie Walorski A Department of Veterans Affairs hotline established to help homeless veterans missed thousands of opportunities to help at-risk vets last year, the agency’s inspector general said. The VA’s National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, launched in mid-2012, didn’t consistently ensure that veterans who called the hotline …read more.

[weaver_youtube NrS3IYEMnE8 rel=0] For those who may have missed the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) hearing yesterday, Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) officials testified before HVAC and admitted they failed to review records of 5,600 veterans who were on waiting lists for appointments, which might have resulted in additional patients deaths. This was in stark …read more.