U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki vowed in July to do what he could to accelerate the planned expansion of the Billings VA clinic, currently scheduled to be completed in 2014…
During his visit, Tester made an unabashed push for the second phase of the clinic and said Shinseki’s visit was “critically important” to see first-hand the need for the expansion and additional services.
VA Secretary Gen. Eric Shinseki told U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester Wednesday of the selection of the Veterans Benefit Administration regional office at the fort along with sites in Wichita, Kans., and Milwaukee, Wis., to take part in the VA’s “Transformational Plan” to reduce the backlog of disability claims.
Tester said Thursday it could mean seven new jobs at Fort Harrison.
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has signed on as a co-sponsor of two acts: the Mobile Mammography Promotion Act and the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early act, better known as the PREEMIE Act.
The mammography bill would allow mammography vans, such as the one St. Vincent Healthcare uses, to purchase fuel without paying a federal excise tax.
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., on Thursday released his proposed annual spending in 2012 for federal health, labor and education programs overseen by the budget panel he chairs — including proposals to defund federal health reform and cut what he called “wasteful” programs. Rehberg’s budget proposal, released just two days before the federal fiscal 2012 […]
