Washington, D.C. – Today, during a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, Congressman Matt Rosendale called out U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough for breaking his promise to fix the problems within the Cerner electronic health records system before deploying it to additional VA sites and risking even more veterans' lives around the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Earlier this week, Congressman Matt Rosendale expressed his concerns over Cerner's electronic health record system, which has experienced dozens of outages since its initial "go live" in 2020.
"In February, we urged VA and Cerner to concentrate on fixing the technical problems in the key areas of… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Matt Rosendale introduced H.R. 7256, the Expediting Temporary Ratings for Veterans Act. This bill would expedite temporary disability rating claims from veterans who have been hospitalized for at least 21 days for service-connected illnesses or disabilities. Additionally, this bill would also require Veterans Affairs (VA) to modify its IT… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a series of recommendations that resulted from a market assessment required by the VA MISSION Act of 2018, which was intended to identify gaps in VA coverage and to inform future VA development.
Instead, these recommendations will strand veterans in Northeastern Montana, where there are virtually no Community… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act, which would dramatically increase the workload of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), creating an estimated claims backlog of 1.5 million, and would result in unspecified and undirected use of precious VA resources. Representative Rosendale voted NO and released the following statement:
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Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee unanimously passed Ranking Member Rosendale’s H.R 2250, the Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act.
The bipartisan VA IT Reform Act prevents the VA from starting new major IT projects before submitting to Congress a cost estimate, schedule, and performance goals for each project. This… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Rosendale sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA), Denis McDonough, opposing Secretary McDonough’s decision to allow the department to provide and cover sex reassignment surgeries.
“The mission of the Veteran’s Health Administration is to ‘honor America’s Veterans by providing exceptional health care that… Read more »
Washington, DC -- Today, Representative Rosendale, ranking member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, participated in a roundtable discussion with veteran advocates, local and tribal organizations about the digital divide and veterans’ access to technology and telehealth services. The priority of the roundtable was to understand the perspectives from… Read more »
Washington, DC -- This week, Representative Rosendale visited the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough and Senators Tester and Daines. They toured facilities, held meetings with senior leadership and veteran stakeholders, and visited with veterans, VA employees, and local health care providers.
“I’m always happy to highlight… Read more »
Washington, DC -- Today, Representative Rosendale initiated the application process for Montana’s service academy nomination process. Each year, members of congress have the privilege of nominating top-talent to pursue this prestigious opportunity.
Our service academies are esteemed institutions; being afforded the opportunity to attend one is a distinct honor. As a member of… Read more »
