New House Vets chair plans focus on PACT Act oversight, medical access

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New House Vets chair plans focus on PACT Act oversight, medical access
By Leo Shane III
Thursday, Feb 2
Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., will serve as the new chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee this session. (Stephen Lance Dennee/AP)

The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee has 13 new members and a new chairman this session, but the leader of the panel says he hopes veterans see from the group the same focus on improving veterans benefits that they have in recent years.

“There are going to be contentious issues,” said Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., who shifted from ranking member last year to chairman this year after Republicans won a majority of seats in the House. “But the issues that we deal with in the VA committee aren’t about Republicans and Democrats. It’s about the veterans and what they need and what they deserve, what they’ve earned.

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