I’m grateful to Secretary Collins for taking the time to visit Hampton Roads, and I look forward to continuing our work together to ensure every veteran receives the quality care, benefits, and services they have earned through their service to our nation.
Will continue working with the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure every veteran receives the quality care, benefits, and services they have earned.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Following the visit, Secretary Collins and Congresswoman Kiggans traveled to the Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center for a roundtable with local veterans and community stakeholders. The discussion provided participants with an opportunity to speak directly with VA leadership about the care, benefits, and services veterans rely on and ways the Department can continue improving access to quality, timely care.
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Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that a sterile processing technician of the Veterans Health Administration holds an appropriate professional certification, and for other purposes.
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The continuing resolution (CR) ensures critical government functions remain operational, protects national security priorities, and avoids disruptions to essential federal services and benefits millions of Americans rely on every day.
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Jen Kiggans VA-02 ## Republican Members ## Amata Coleman Radewagen
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Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined her colleagues in introducing the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, a comprehensive legislative package containing more than 60 bipartisan bills to modernize and improve the delivery of healthcare and benefits services at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Assessments
The verified evidence shows material same-term effort by Kiggans: she worked directly with VA Secretary Collins at a veterans roundtable focused on care, benefits, services, and access, and she introduced a VA health-care-quality bill. However, the commitment is framed as achieving the outcome that every veteran receives quality care, benefits, and services. The verified passages do not prove enactment or a completed improvement in veteran care, benefits, or services, and there is no deadline that has expired as of 2026-09-28. Effort is documented, but delivery or partial outcome is not proven.