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A VA Gone Astray

The current Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is in disarray. While most of the people that make up the VA system are great Americans, far too many have deviated from scruples at the expense of our veterans and taxpayers. Despite outdated VA technology, too often we’re finding the root cause of dy...

Lawmakers Tour Local VA for Front-Line View

Brad Wenstrup and Steve Stivers have strong opinions on how to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs’ delays in medical care, but they’re also interested in hearing what providers on the front line have to say. That’s why the Republican congressmen, each of whom represents part of Ross County in th...

Veterans Express Concerns to Congressman Wenstrup

"To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan." – President Abraham Lincoln The ongoing investigations into the nationwide scandal with the Department of Veterans Affairs was a central topic during a roundtable discussion between Second District Congressman Brad W...

Wenstrup: VA System 'Obviously Broken'

Area veterans aired their frustrations about the Veterans Affairs department during a roundtable discussion at the Hi-Tec Center on Thursday with U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio. The VA system has been under heavy criticism recently because veterans are reportedly not receiving proper health care. W...

Wenstrup Wants VA Accountability for Long Wait Times

After the unearthing of secret wait lists for Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country, U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Cincinnati, met with Ross County veterans Friday to discuss the benefits of allowing veterans access to private practice physicians and VA doctors. “You really have to scratch your...

Wenstrup Outlines VA Reform in Opening Comments

As the Congressional VA Conference Committee met for the first time to iron out details in overhauling the Department of Veterans Affairs, local Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-2) outlined his prescription for fixing the VA, rooted in experiences as a physician and a soldier. “As a doctor, I’ve had t...

Wenstrup Visits Vet Home

United States Representative Brad Wenstrup, R-Cincinnati. visited the Ohio Veterans Home on June 13, speaking for an hour with around 20 veterans. Much of the discussion centered around health care for the senior veterans through the US Department of Veterans Affairs, with plenty of questions being ...

Wenstrup Named to VA Conference Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the House and Senate seek to reconcile differences in proposed reforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) was selected with thirteen other House members to represent the House of Representatives in these talks. Wenstrup, a veteran of the Ira...

U.S. Rep Brad Wenstrup Tours VA Facilities, Addresses Issues

GEORGETOWN, Ohio —U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup toured the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Brown County and examined what could be done to improve health care for the Tri-State’s veterans. Wenstrup assured veterans at the Georgetown Veterans Home that the issue of veteran’s affairs would stay top of mind. Ve...

Congress' Iraq Vets Helplessly Watch Their Gains Lost

Americans are tired of war. For the 17 members of Congress who served in Iraq, that means watching helplessly as the cities they fought for fall once more to extremists. Militants believed to be associated with al-Qaida overtook Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq, on Tuesday. The group then seiz...