Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) honored our nation’s veterans this Veterans Day and called for a continued effort to improve the VA health and benefit system. “The freedoms we enjoy today are due to the sacrifice our veterans made to protect and defend the principals that define America,” said Rep. Davis, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. “While we have taken steps to make improvements to the VA system that has failed too many of our veterans, we must not end our...
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SAN DIEGO – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) recognized the contributions of Filipino Americans at the start of Filipino American History Month. She also called for fulfilling a promise to Filipino American veterans by proving full veterans benefits to those who joined the fight to protect America. "America has not only benefited culturally and economically from the contributions of Filipino Americans, but they have always been willing to join the fight to protect our freedoms,” said Rep....
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As part of $300 million in grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) announced that $1.02 million would go to fight homelessness among veterans in San Diego. Vietnam Veterans of San Diego will be the recipient of the VA grant. “I have seen first hand and talked to the many veterans living on our streets,” said Davis, the Ranking Member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee. “It’s important they know that they have not been forgotten especially ...
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The House of Representatives today, with the support of U.S. Rep. Susan Davis, advanced reforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs in a bipartisan unanimous vote. “The VA is dealing with an incredibly large influx of veterans seeking care,” said Rep. Davis, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee. “Congress must provide the VA with the resources, flexibility and guidance to meet our veterans’ needs.” Both the House and the Senate are moving forward on legislation to make change...
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In ceremonies at Omaha Beach and Sword Beach in Normandy, U.S. Rep. Susan A. Davis will pay tribute to World War II veterans, including her father who served in the European theater, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. “I take personal pride and feel a lot of emotion for the fact that my dad was a medic in Europe during the war, and saw a lot in that theater,” said Davis, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee. “Some of the men who stormed the beach 70 yea...
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Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) joined her colleague Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41) and advocacy group Young Invincibles in calling on the Department of Education to strengthen accountability standards of for-profit schools and put stronger protections in place for-profit college students. “I have heard far too many stories about for-profit schools luring in vulnerable populations with false promises,” said Davis, a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. “Instead...
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