Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

VCS Statement on Different Organization with Similar Sounding Name

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Team VCS

(Washington – June 11, 2016) – Veterans for Common Sense today issued the following statement regarding a new initiative by another organization using a similar sounding name: “To the best of our understanding, it appears that the leaders of a different organization, “Americans for … Continue reading →

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VCS Praises Senate Leadership for Preserving Medical Research

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Team VCS

(Washington – June 7, 2016) – Veterans for Common Sense praised Senate leaders for passing an amendment today to preserve federal medical research – including the federal, treatment-focused Gulf War Illness Research Program strongly supported by VCS and Gulf War … Continue reading →

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VCS Provides Written Testimony for Congressional Hearing on Gulf War Veterans’ Claims Denials

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Team VCS

Veterans for Common Sense provided the following invited written testimony for a March 15, 2016 Congressional hearing on Gulf War veterans’ benefits and disability claims denials. SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD OF ANTHONY HARDIE, GULF WAR VETERAN AND DIRECTOR, VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE  BEFORE THE … Continue reading →

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VCS Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Gulf War Veterans’ Health, timed for Gulf War 25th Anniversary

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Team VCS

Veterans for Common Sense provided the following invited testimony for a February 23, 2016 Congressional hearing on Gulf War veterans’ health.  Anthony Hardie, VCS Director, testified and was accompanied by fellow Gulf War veteran and advocate David Winnett.  Winnett’s compelling … Continue reading →

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VCS Calls on VA Secretary to “Clean House” at Florida VA Regional Office

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Team VCS

(Veterans for Common Sense – Jan. 6, 2016) – According to a Tampa Bay Times news story surrounding a new VA inspector general report, more than 41,000 pieces of mail containing veterans’ disability claim documentation were unopened  during a recent inspection at the troubled … Continue reading →

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VCS Helps Expose Cessation of Funding for Unique Burn Pit Exposure Research Program

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Team VCS

(Veterans for Common Sense – Dec. 26, 2015) – Veterans for Common Sense helped expose, in a series of news stories by Military.com reporters, that funding has been quietly dropped for a unique federal Burn Pit Exposure medical research program. The … Continue reading →

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VCS Among 35 Groups to Call on Senate to Adopt VA Whistleblower Protections

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Team VCS

Groups call on Senate to Adopt VA Whistleblower Protections Shanna Devine, September 16, 2015 Yesterday, more than 35 organizations and whistleblowers called on Senate leadership to adopt strong whistleblower protections for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees and contractors. On … Continue reading →

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U.S. Senator Baldwin Announces Growing Support for VCS-Supported Major Bipartisan VA Reform Bill

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Team VCS

U.S. Senator Baldwin Announces Growing Support for Major, Bipartisan, VCS-Supported VA Reform Bill SOURCE:  Press Release, office of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act would provide VA with the tools it needs … Continue reading →

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Congressional Panel Recommends Strong Funding for Gulf War Illness Treatment Research Program

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Team VCS

*Updated June 2, 2015, 3:30 p.m.:  The bill has now cleared the full House Appropriations Committee with full GWI funding. *** (via 91outcomes.com) – The U.S. House Appropriations Committee today cleared legislation containing  a strong level of continued funding for the treatment-focused Gulf War Illness research program, … Continue reading →

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VCS-Sponsored Florida Women Veterans Conference to Kick Off

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Team VCS

The first-ever statewide Florida Women Veterans Conference that kicks off this weekend in Sarasota, Florida is already showing signs of success, with attendance and fundraising goals for the women veterans’ empowerment event exceeded and the media providing favorable press coverage. … Continue reading →

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