Veterans

Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) today introduced legislation to help save veterans’ lives by improving their access to organ transplants.   The Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 allows veterans who live more than 100 miles from one of the nation’s 14 VA transplant centers to seek care at a federally certified, non-VA… Read more »

Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) issued the following statement in support of the fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill:   “I answered President Trump’s call to vote for this bill because it advances conservative priorities to strengthen our military, secure our border and shrink the federal government.   “My first priority is the safety of the American… Read more »

“I think we all saw the horrible thing that was done ... to that gentleman who got dragged off the plane when he was already seated there,” Rep. Dunn said. “And the truth is that could happen to any one of us. ... I think there’s a fundamental issues of fairness and jurisprudence.” PANAMA CITY — U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn focused on a trio of topics when he… Read more »

This week, Dr. Dunn (FL-02) joined with several of his colleagues in urging Congress to continue funding the study of psychological health and traumatic brain injury at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) and Medical and Prosthetic Research accounts currently study this vital area of military medicine and are… Read more »

Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) today pressed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) about 12 environmental surveys it commissioned in areas of the Gulf of Mexico that are off-limits to oil and natural gas leasing.  In a letter to BOEM Acting Director Dr. Walter Cruickshank, Dunn questions the necessity of these surveys and seeks information on what they discovered.… Read more »

Under the VA Accountability First Act of 2017, introduced in February, the VA secretary would have more flexibility to suspend or remove any VA employee for poor performance or misconduct. PARKER — In 1995, Danny York was diagnosed with leukemia and given two years to live. The Korean War veteran said he went to a Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic in Pensacola, where a physician’s… Read more »

Today, Dr. Neal Dunn (FL-02) wrote to new Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin calling improved veterans’ health care “job number one” for Congress and the VA.  “I believe that delivering quality health care and access, whether at a VA facility or through a community provider, is job number one. Our veterans and wounded warriors have… Read more »

Today, Dr. Neal Dunn (FL-02) wrote a letter urging President Donald Trump to increase support for veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs).  The Small Business Act requires the federal government to award 3 percent of its contracts to SDVOSBs, while the Veterans Business Act gives the Department of Veterans Affairs the… Read more »

Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif., plans to introduce the Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act this session. The bill would penalize the sale of any Purple Heart awarded to a member of the Armed Forces by imprisonment up to six months or a fine. PANAMA CITY — Military veteran Rick Roschy spent 43 days in a hospital after he sustained critical injuries from artillery fire… Read more »