{"id":19852,"date":"2026-05-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=19852"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:55:59","slug":"fulcher-votes-to-reauthorize-veterans-programs-and-support-servicemembers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/fulcher-votes-to-reauthorize-veterans-programs-and-support-servicemembers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulcher Votes to Reauthorize Veterans\u2019 Programs and Support Servicemembers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0<\/strong>May 15, 2026<br><strong>CONTACT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released the following statement after voting to advance H.R. 8469, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 (MilCon-VA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHaving the backs of those who serve\u2014and those who have served\u2014our nation must always remain a national priority,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Congressman Fulcher.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI have voted in favor of the MilCon-VA appropriations bill, the first appropriations bill to pass the House for Fiscal Year 2027.&nbsp;This legislation champions our Veterans and servicemembers by prioritizing improvements at VA Medical Facilities, fully reauthorizing Veterans\u2019 healthcare programs and benefits, and strengthening military housing and childcare services for active-duty personnel and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bill Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fully funds Veterans\u2019 health care programs and benefits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prioritizes improvements at VA Medical Facilities and four national cemeteries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protects the 2nd Amendment rights of Veterans, preventing the VA from sending information to the FBI about Veterans without a judge\u2019s consent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports the White House administration\u2019s efforts to improve mental health and suicide prevention among Veterans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prohibits the VA from purchasing resources directly or indirectly from Communist China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0May 15, 2026CONTACT:\u00a0Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released the following statement after voting to advance H.R. 8469, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 (MilCon-VA). \u201cHaving the backs of those who serve\u2014and those who have served\u2014our nation must always remain a national priority,\u201d&nbsp;said Congressman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[285,824,42,1407],"class_list":["post-19852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-congress","tag-press-release","tag-russ-fulcher","tag-veterans","cat-243-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19853,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19852\/revisions\/19853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}