{"id":60433,"date":"2020-01-03T18:42:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T18:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/03\/key-veterans-policy-lawmaker-to-step-down-at-the-end-of-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:26:46","slug":"key-veterans-policy-lawmaker-to-step-down-at-the-end-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2020\/01\/03\/key-veterans-policy-lawmaker-to-step-down-at-the-end-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Key veterans policy lawmaker to step down at the end of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Less than a week after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/07\/departing-vets-committee-chairman-hopes-partisan-divisions-wont-overwhelm-va-policy-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee<\/a> lost its top Republican lawmaker, the senior Republican on the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee announced he will retire from Congress at the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caucus.militarytimes.com\/speaker\/phil-roe\/\" target=_blank>Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe<\/a>, the ranking member on the committee and served as its chairman from 2017 to 2019, has been in Congress since 2009. He said he made the decision in recent days to make his sixth term his last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs someone who practiced medicine for over 30 years, I said I would serve five or six terms because I never intended this job to be a second career,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cI look forward to spending more time at home with my wife, Clarinda, my adult children and my grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/07\/departing-vets-committee-chairman-hopes-partisan-divisions-wont-overwhelm-va-policy-work\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19045701131406.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Departing vets committee chairman hopes partisan divisions won\u2019t overwhelm VA policy work<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Georgia Republican Johnny Isakson is set to retire from the Senate at the end of the year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roe has been a key feature in veterans health care debates in recent years, both in his role as a top committee lawmaker and because of his background in the medical industry. During his time on the Hill, he would frequently mention the thousands of babies he helped deliver during his time working as a physician in Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roe, 74, served in the Army for two years after graduating from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. His service included a deployment to South Korea to work in medical billets at Camp Casey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He considered retirement in 2017 after being diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, but opted to run again after treatments removed all traces of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roe listed among his most notable accomplishments the committee\u2019s focus on new health care access standards and oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs new push towards electronic health records that are compatible with Department of Defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was proud to author the MISSION Act \u2014 a transformative piece of legislation to ensure veterans have the ability to receive the best possible care now, and in the future \u2014 and the Forever GI Bill \u2014 to ensure veterans never lose access to the education benefits they have earned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ll leave Congress at the end of the year knowing that our nation\u2019s heroes are better served today because of our work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roe\u2019s news comes just days after the departure of former Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., who retired at the end of December in part because of increasing health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, 26 House Republicans have announced plans not to seek re-election this fall. 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