Lobbying in support of legislation to improve veteran health care and benefit services for wounded, ill, and injured veterans including: S. 800 (Precision Brain Health Research Act) and H.R. 6444 (Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act) to improve biomarker research related to low-level blast exposure; H.R. 2102 and S. 1032 (Major Richard Star Act) to allow concurrent receipt of VA and DoD benefits for veterans with combat-related injuries and medical retirement; H.R. 2148/S. 879 (Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act) to assist caregivers with employment, training, and retirement goals; H.R. 668/S. 506 (Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act) to establish a pilot care to improve care coordination for veterans eligible for VA care and Medicare; H.R. 740/S. 275 (Veterans ACCESS Act) to improve access to VA mental health residential rehabilitation treatment programs; H.R. 219 (Improving Menopause Care for Veterans Act) and H.R. 2717 (Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act) to study and improve VA menopause care; H.R. 438 (PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program Act) to launch a VA grant program to support peer-to-peer mental health programs; H.R. 1971 (Veterans SPORT Act) to improve prosthetic services for veterans with recreational goals; H.R. 2201 (Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act) and H.R. 2576 (Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act) to improve the VA disability claims process for veterans with MST history; H.R. 3219 (GAMES Act) to expand eligibility for the Warrior Games; H.R. 3579 (Veterans Readiness and Employment Program Integrity Act) and H.R. 1793 (Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act) to improve oversight and delivery of work-training programs; S.609 (BRAVE Act) to improve Vet Center oversight and programming for women veterans; S.2981 (Veterans Prosthetics Advancement and Reform Act) to improve VA support for amputees; H.R. 965 (Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act) to improve access to housing for disabled veterans; H.R. 4795 and S. 2518 (Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act) to ensure access to emergency transportation for veterans in rural areas; and H.R. 5401 (Pay Our Troops Act) to continue paying Service members during government shutdowns.
S. 2296 (the National Defense Authorization Act) on topics related to medical credentialing, financial literacy for Service members, and concurrent receipt.