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New legislation introduced Wednesday seeks to bring more accountability to the Veterans Affairs Department’s office tasked with ultimately adjudicating benefits claims decisions.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Chairman of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, introduced the Veterans Claims Quality Improvement Act of 2024. The legislation was cosponsored by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and was discussed during the DAMA legislative hearing on Wednesday.
A group of House Republicans confronted Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin over whether he was taking left-wing extremism as seriously as he has professed to do when it comes to the right, citing the self-immolation protest in February by a U.S. Air Force airman who identified himself an anarchist.
A group of House Republican veterans are preparing for the 80th anniversary of D-Day by jumping out of original C-47 transport planes from World War II.
The eight lawmakers emerged unscathed after the practice exercise in Florida over the weekend, keeping the GOP's slim majority of just one vote intact.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Director Robin Dunn Marcos addressing concerns over the Office of Refugee Settlement’s (ORR) failure to properly ensure the safety and wellbeing of unaccompanied children following a February 2024 report issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG). Additionally, the letter also points to
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA) introduced the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act. This bipartisan legislation will require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a plan to Congress to identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, advanced technologies to enhance or address capability gaps in border security operations.
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is pushing the Department of Homeland Security to wield artificial intelligence to secure the border.
Reps. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) and Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas) unveiled legislation Tuesday that would require DHS to map out how it will use AI, machine learning, and other rapidly evolving technologies at the border and authorize Customs and Border Protection to study and adapt commercial tech that can be used to fill gaps in the agency’s capabilities.
A recent clash between migrants and members of the Texas National Guard at the U.S.-Mexico border prompted calls for retaliatory violence against illegal entrants, though legal sources tell Newsweek that federal and statewide provisions regarding self-defense differ.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA), today introduced the Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act of 2024. This legislation will increase the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, as well as the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain veterans as of December 1, 2024.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), along with Representatives Dale Strong (R-AL), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), introduced the Safeguarding Tactics and Operational Procedures (STOP) from Enemies Act of 2024 in the House of Representatives. This legislation would amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to expand the definition of aiding the enemy to include providing military education, military training, and tactical advice to a foreign adversary.