We must keep our promises, and protect our veterans health benefits moving forward.
Protect veterans' health benefits moving forward.
Occurrences
Evidence
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The Senate roll call records H.R. 3236, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015, as a bill to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services. The bill passed 91-4, and Scott (R-SC) voted Yea.
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The archived White House statement says the President signed H.R. 3236 into law and that it provided resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services and made changes to the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act.
Assessments
Scott promised during the 2014 special Senate campaign to protect veterans' health benefits. During the unexpired Senate term he won, he voted for H.R. 3236, which passed the Senate and was signed into law in 2015. The law provided resource flexibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care services and amended veterans health care access policy, making this a same-term enacted federal action reasonably tied to the promise.