Phil Roe

  • A new omnibus veterans package cleared the House Tuesday afternoon, but it doesn't address three controversial issues that both veterans affairs committees and the VA Secretary himself have spent the past year debating. That leaves a fix for the outdated veterans appeals process, an alternative or solution to the Veterans Choice Program and new accountability procedures to the 115th Congress and next administration.

    December 06, 2016
  • The Veterans Affairs Department's relocation scandal sheds light on a federal employee house-selling program that may be costing taxpayers.

    October 21, 2015
  • The rule, aimed at preventing fraud in the VA service-disabled veteran-owned small business program, requires that veterans control 100 percent of company decisions, even if they maintain just partial ownership. VA is taking suggestions for changing its rules.

    August 03, 2012
  • The Inspector General\'s office at VA found 83 per cent of contracts weren\'t being entered, and that made oversight and accountability nearly impossible.

    April 22, 2011