{"id":31669,"date":"2025-06-11T13:16:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/11\/house-panel-pushes-ahead-453-billion-funding-plan-for-va-next-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:31:16","slug":"house-panel-pushes-ahead-453-billion-funding-plan-for-va-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2025\/06\/11\/house-panel-pushes-ahead-453-billion-funding-plan-for-va-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"House panel pushes ahead $453 billion funding plan for VA next year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/10\/panel-advances-defense-budget-despite-missing-details-from-white-house\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/10\/panel-advances-defense-budget-despite-missing-details-from-white-house\/\">House Republican appropriators<\/a> early Wednesday advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/04\/gop-plan-provides-453-billion-for-va-programs-benefits-next-year\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/04\/gop-plan-provides-453-billion-for-va-programs-benefits-next-year\/\">a $453 billion budget plan for Veterans Affairs next year<\/a> despite hours of objections from Democrats that looming reforms at the department could blunt the impact of the record funding levels for veterans programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan \u2014 which now moves to the full House for consideration \u2014 is the first portion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2025\/05\/02\/trump-requests-8926-billion-base-defense-budget-a-real-terms-cut\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2025\/05\/02\/trump-requests-8926-billion-base-defense-budget-a-real-terms-cut\/\">annual federal budget<\/a> approved by either chamber\u2019s appropriations committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But despite the typical bipartisan nature of the veterans bill, the 36-27 approval vote from the panel came after nearly 12 hours of grueling, contentious debate, with dozens of Democratic amendments rejected by the Republican majority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/committee-releases-fy26-military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/committee-releases-fy26-military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related\">The budget bill<\/a> (which also includes $18 billion for military construction projects) is an increase in total VA program and benefits spending of more than $83 billion, or about 22%, from the fiscal 2025 approved levels. <\/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\/2025\/06\/10\/panel-advances-defense-budget-despite-missing-details-from-white-house\/\" 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\/9100176.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\">Panel advances defense budget despite missing details from White House<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The $832 billion defense spending plan provides no increase from current fiscal year funding levels. <\/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\">But nearly all of that boost is in mandatory funding, tied up in medical programs and veterans benefits payouts. Discretionary funding \u2014 money for new program starts and support services \u2014 would rise to about $134 billion, up about 4% but about $1 billion less than what the White House requested in its fiscal 2026 budget plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Republican leaders praised the measure as an important step forward in providing promised care and support to veterans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have an obligation to ensure our veterans get the benefits and care they\u2019ve earned,\u201d said Rep. John Carter, R-Texas and chairman of the appropriations\u2019 panel\u2019s subcommittee on veterans issues. \u201cThis bill does that, while also addressing other issues affecting veterans, including homelessness, mental health services and taking care of our women veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan includes $34 billion for community care programs, which allow veterans to receive medical treatment at private-sector clinics paid for by taxpayer funds. That\u2019s up nearly 55% from this year\u2019s community care funding levels, prompting accusations of privatization from committee Democrats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy transferring record funding from VA medical services into community care, this bill pushes veterans into private care, even though veteran polls and studies show that when given the option, veterans want to receive their medical care at VA,\u201d said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. and ranking member of the committee\u2019s veterans panel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe should invest more in VA, provider recruitment and retention incentives, increase benefits counselors and adjudicators, not ignore veterans wishes and speed recklessly into privatization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic lawmakers attempted to reallocate some of those funds through amendments, but those efforts were rebuffed. They also objected to provisions in the bill blocking abortion counseling and services at VA, halting department efforts to reduce its workforce by roughly 80,000 workers in coming months, and ending support options for some minority groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the committee did adopt one amendment by Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., that would block any reductions in staffing at the Veterans Crisis Line and other VA suicide prevention programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said during Tuesday\u2019s debate that she hopes the appropriations package will see significant changes before a full chamber vote later this summer, particularly since White House officials have yet to release a detailed budget plan for the department next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House leaders have not yet announced when that vote will take place. Both the House and Senate will need to negotiate a full budget for the federal government before a compromise package can be signed into law. The new fiscal year starts on Oct. 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs leaders have seen regular budget increases annually for more than 20 years, even amid frequent congressional and White House efforts to reduce federal spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fiscal 2001, the VA budget \u2014 both mandatory and discretionary \u2014 totaled just $45 billion. In 2011, it was about $125 billion. 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