{"id":71305,"date":"2020-12-01T19:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T19:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/01\/house-republicans-to-pick-new-top-veterans-policy-leader-this-week\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:10:59","slug":"house-republicans-to-pick-new-top-veterans-policy-leader-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2020\/12\/01\/house-republicans-to-pick-new-top-veterans-policy-leader-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans to pick new top veterans policy leader this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/10\/20\/delay-in-release-of-annual-veterans-suicide-report-raises-concerns\/\" target=_blank>House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee<\/a> will have a new leader in 2021, but candidates vying for the post are promising as little disruption as possible to their members\u2019 efforts to advance bipartisan policies to help veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers in the House Republican Party caucus are set to vote as early as Wednesday afternoon on the new ranking member for the committee, to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/01\/03\/key-veterans-policy-lawmaker-to-step-down-at-the-end-of-2020\/\" target=_blank>Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe<\/a>, who is retiring at the end of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Democrats will continue to control the House next session, the minority leadership post is of high importance to veterans groups both because of its traditional role in crafting congressional policy on veterans issues and its potential role as key critic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/11\/17\/bidens-pick-for-va-secretary-may-be-a-post-911-veteran\/\" target=_blank>incoming Democratic presidential administration\u2019s<\/a> VA leadership.<\/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\/2020\/12\/01\/va-reports-more-than-1000-coronavirus-deaths-among-patients-in-november\/\" 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\/AP20324641167810.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\">VA reports more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths among patients in November<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The rise in deaths comes amid a surge in active cases among VA patients.<\/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\">Despite that, however, both of the top candidates for the post \u2014 Illinois Rep. Mike Bost and Michigan Rep. Jack Bergman \u2014 insist they see more opportunities for bipartisan compromise on veterans issues in the upcoming Congress than friction points between the parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a case where so many issues we deal with are not partisan,\u201d said Bost, 59, who served three years in the Marine Corps before entering state and local politics. \u201cWe can work together. I don\u2019t know a single person on the committee that doesn\u2019t know and understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bost is the current ranking member on the committee\u2019s panel on disability assistance and memorial affairs and seen by party insiders as the front-runner for the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been on the committee since his election to Congress in 2015, making him one of the longest tenured lawmakers there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bost says his priorities, if elected ranking member, will center on toxic exposure issues (particularly support for younger veterans exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan), continued suicide prevention efforts, and revamping transition programs for troops leaving the military for civilian life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery military person when they leave the military thinks that life is gonna be rosy on the outside,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they\u2019ve got to understand that if they get into a situation where they\u2019re homeless, where they\u2019re jobless, where all these issues might come up, the VA doors are open to them for the benefits that they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bergman, 73, served 40 years in the Marine Corps Reserve and was elected to Congress two years after Bost. He is the ranking member committee\u2019s panel on oversight and investigations and also sits on the House Armed Services Committee, which he said will be a key to his priorities if he is elected to the leadership role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe key here will be to build the bridges for transition from DOD to the VA,\u201d he said. \u201cThe easiest of those, which should have been done a long time ago but we\u2019re working on it now, is electronic health records (linked between the two departments). So that will be the focus of how I\u2019ll do business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both men promised they\u2019ll \u201chold VA accountable\u201d on implementing recent congressional reforms, in particular new rules regarding community grants for suicide prevention and increased access to private-sector care for veterans having trouble getting medical needs met at VA hospitals.<\/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\/2020\/11\/17\/bidens-pick-for-va-secretary-may-be-a-post-911-veteran\/\" 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\/AP20298556461384.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\">Biden\u2019s pick for VA secretary may be a post-9\/11 veteran<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Former congressman Patrick Murphy and current Sen. Tammy Duckworth are among the names under consideration for the job.<\/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\">And both said they are optimistic that they can strike a more cooperative tone with Democratic leaders of the committee next session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the committee\u2019s work is less contentious than many on Capitol Hill, members have sparred along party lines on several occasions in recent months, including a walk-out by Republican members (including both Bost and Bergman) in fall 2019 over a dispute concerning committee vote schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But those past conflicts may be easier to forget because of the frequent turnover the committee typically sees each congressional cycle. Already, four Democratic incumbents on the committee lost their reelection bids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Roe\u2019s retirement, that means almost one-fifth of the committee\u2019s membership will be new next year even before any other committee assignment changes are made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Reps. Mike Bost from Illinois and Rep. 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