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VA disciplines 2 officials in Cincinnati center probe

The Department of Veterans Affairs ousted the head of its Ohio-based regional network Thursday and disciplined an official at the Cincinnati VA medical center in connection with a probe of the hospital's management and veterans' care. The agency said its findings are being referred for a possible fe...

Wenstrup Calls for Whistleblower Protections at Cincinnati VAMC

Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), who represents Cincinnati and serves on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, called on the Department Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald to guarantee safeguards for recent whistleblowers who came forward from the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. Wenstrup, who...

Hiring Veterans: Field Hearing & Job Fair

This Friday, we were able to bring some of our work on Capitol Hill to Ohio's 2nd District, hosting a Congressional Field Hearing, Best Practices in Veterans Hiring. Regular hearings like this are part of my job responsibilities as the subcommittee chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affair...

Local congressmen host veterans job fair Friday

everal area congressmen are joining forces to host a veterans job fair and field hearing Friday. Congressmen Brad Wenstrup, Steve Chabot, Luke Messer, Mark Takano, and Bill Johnson will be hosting this event. Events kick off at 10 a.m. at the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Rd. The congressmen will ...

Wenstrup touts veterans benefits

Scioto County has a large contingent of veterans as well as veterans organizations, and U.S. Representative Brad Wenstrup hopes a larger number of benefits are headed their way. Over 30 provisions he says will improve veterans’ programs were included in legislation that passed the U.S. House of Repr...

Further Details on Changes to the G.I. Bill in H.R. 3016

About a year ago, the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC) issued a report “to conduct a review of military compensation and retirement systems and to make recommendations to modernize such systems.” The report’s aim was to, in part, “ensure the long-term viability o...