The Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 gives veterans access to medical care from private providers under certain conditions. In practice the VA choose to ignore the spirit of the law and limit that access. Today Georgia 9th District Congressman Doug Collins introduced legislation to improve veterans ability to receive private health care options when
On Friday ten members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sonny Perdue urging him to rescind harmful Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules issued in the 11th hour of the Obama administration. The bi-partisan letter urged Secretary Perdue to check and rescind
While the timing is curious, the pressure on freshman State Rep Matt Gurtler (R-Tiger) is increasing because of a 2013 arrest for obstruction of a law enforcement officer. As reported by the AJC, Rep. Gurtler was a passenger in the car of a driver arrested for driving under the influence by North Georgia College Police.
According to a report by the AJC’s Greg Bluestein, a state rep from North Georgia was threatened by Governor Deal’s top aide. Representative Matt Gurtler (R-Tiger) said the threat was a loss of funding to his district by Chris Riley. “I am appalled by Mr. Riley’s actions of intimidation and bullying tactics of an elected official”,
In an op-ed piece that appeared in yesterday’s The Hill, Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins decried the actions of Federal Agencies reaching settlements in ongoing litigation and then funneling much of the settlement to entities other than those directly harmed by the wrong doing. In making his case for the Stop Settlements Slush Fund
HR 907, introduced by Congressman Doug Collins (GA-9), improves newborn care for infants of female veterans. The bill, the Newborn Care Improvement Act, has received widespread support from veterans advocacy groups, including Veterans of Foreign Wars, Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, and the Blinded Veterans Association. Congressman
Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Rules, announced the selection of Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins as Chair of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House. In announcing the appointment Chairman Sessions said: I am proud to have such a hard-working member of our team and have no doubt
As Charlie noted in his post on the supplemental budget there was a lone “no” vote from freshman Representative Matt Gurtler (R-Clayton). In the Representative’s own words in explaining his vote his constituents Gurtler stated: Fundamentally I believe that government has no business meddling in the private sector, via subsidies. Governments sole purpose is to protect
Not surprisingly the legislature’s study committee on rural broadband is receiving complaints about the lack of quality service throughout the state. After a series of six hearings across the state and thousands of responses to an online survey, the committee has a number of recommendations that could become legislation in the upcoming session. Maggie Lee
Congressman Doug Collins continues making good on his promise to bring Northeast Georgia values and vision to national conversations about our country’s path forward. In his op-ed piece in this morning’s Washington Post the Congressman wrote: Republicans erred when we allowed our friends across the aisle to hijack the narrative of hope and inclusion. Not
