Expressing support for policies that maintain a robust, fully funded and staffed Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and do not jeopardize care for veterans by moving essential resources to the for-profit private sector.
Latest action · Nov 14, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution expresses support for policies that provide necessary resources to maintain a robust Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and create integrated veterans health care networks.
The resolution also expresses opposition to policies that would move resources from the VHA to the private sector.
Additionally, the resolution supports the right to form, join, and operate independent labor unions in the government and private sector and opposes efforts against unionizing and collective bargaining procedures.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 14, 2019 to Dec 8, 2020, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Nov 14, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Nov 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Nov 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Feb 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Feb 18, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Dec 8, 2020 |
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- Nov 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2019Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
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- Nov 14, 2019Introduced in House
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