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Staff ReportsMay 1, 2018

President Donald Trump is meeting with former Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller this week to talk about the open position running the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The upcoming meeting was reported by the Washington Examiner’s Gabby Morrongiello, who said she received the tip from a senior official at the White House. Miller, now a […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2018

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson charged in Orlando Thursday that the latest shakeup at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has to do with President Donald Trump‘s desire to privatize health services for veterans and he vowed to block it. Nelson was joined Thursday by fellow Democratic U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2017

Some sobering news ahead of Veterans’ Day: if you are a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, you are twice as likely to suffer from food insecurity as the average American. A group of Congressional Democrats is seeking to remedy that, and that group includes a North Florida Congressman. Rep. Al Lawson was among […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 19, 2017

So much for not having a “partner” in the White House. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who bemoaned the lack of effective White House partnership for the first six years of his tenure, closes out his time in Tallahassee with close political ally Donald Trump heading the Executive Branch. Scott will be at the White House at 11:30 […]

Staff ReportsMarch 2, 2017

Congressman Vern Buchanan Thursday demanded answers from the new Veterans Affairs secretary about the nationwide theft of opioids and prescription drugs intended to help suffering veterans. In a letter to VA Secretary David Shulkin, the Sarasota Republican wrote, “I’m concerned that Florida veterans may be at risk following press reports of a shocking spike in […]

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Donald Trump eyes Jeff Miller as next VA Secretary

Bill Nelson pledges VA will not be privatized

Al Lawson, Congressional Dems demand answers on Veterans’ hunger issues

Rick Scott, Donald Trump to be together on Wednesday

Vern Buchanan demands answers on VA drug thefts