Ensure veterans receive all of the benefits they have earned and appropriate excellent care at the Memphis VA.

Congressman Cohen strongly believes the federal government has a responsibility to ensure that veterans receive all of the benefits they have earned, and continues to work with the Memphis VA Medical Center (VAMC) to ensure that our veterans are receiving both appropriate and excellent care at the Memphis VA.

Commits to ensuring veterans' earned benefits and quality care at the Memphis VA.

Issues | Congressman Steve Cohen
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Congressman Cohen says the federal government has a responsibility to ensure that veterans receive all of the benefits they have earned, and that he continues to work with the Memphis VA Medical Center to ensure veterans are receiving appropriate and excellent care at the Memphis VA. The page also says he introduced the Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act.

Official issue page states the promise directly and describes ongoing work with the Memphis VA, but it does not show that the promise has been fully completed.

partial unknown A for effort

Veterans' Affairs | Congressman Steve Cohen
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Cohen said veterans should receive the best medical care at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, including the Lieutenant Colonel Luke Weathers Jr. VA Medical Center in Memphis, and that he is proud to support funding the VA and legislation to improve veterans’ lives.

This is a later official statement reaffirming the same goal and showing continued advocacy, but it is not proof that the underlying promise was fully achieved.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressman Cohen’s Veterans Day Statement
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Congress records that Rep. Steve Cohen introduced H.R. 856 on February 3, 2017. The bill was referred to committee and, according to the bill page, its latest action was referral to a subcommittee on April 25, 2017.

Cohen did introduce concrete veterans-related legislation, but the bill did not advance to enactment, so it shows effort rather than fulfillment of the broader promise.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.856 - Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017
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The VA says the Memphis VA Medical Center was renamed the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center, and that U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen introduced the bill that was passed into law on December 20, 2022.

This is a concrete, enacted result connected to the Memphis VA, but it concerns facility naming rather than veterans benefits or care quality, so it only partially relates to the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Memphis VA Named in Honor of Tuskegee Airmen | VA Memphis Health Care
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