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Lawmaker urges VA to surge staff and plan a regional office to improve veterans access in Guam and the Pacific Islands
Summary
A member speaking for Guam urged the subcommittee to immediately surge VA staffing in leased space and to plan and report to Congress on establishing a regional VA office in Guam, alongside support for homelessness prevention and food-security programs for Pacific veterans.
A member speaking for Guam told the subcommittee that veterans across Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and the Freely Associated States rely on the VA regional office in Honolulu and face long delays and access barriers because of distance and time zones. The speaker asked the subcommittee for a two-step approach: surge VA staff into existing leased federal…
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