Congressional Committees

House Committee on Veterans Affairs

The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is the authorizing Committee for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Committee recommends legislation expanding, curtailing, or fine-tuning existing laws relating to veterans' benefits. The Committee also has oversight responsibility, which means monitoring and evaluating the operations of the DVA. If the Committee finds the that DVA is not administering laws as Congress intended, then it is "corrected" through the a hearing process and legislation. We are the voice of Congress in dealings with the DVA.

House Committee on Veterans Affairs (Republican)
333 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-3527

House Committee on Veterans Affairs (Democrat)
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-9756

Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs

The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs oversees all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:

• Compensation of veterans
• Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces
• National cemeteries
• Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and special
• Readjustment of servicemen to civil life
• Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief
• Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans
• Veterans' measures generally
• Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans

Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs (Republican)
825A Hart Senate Bldg.
Washington D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-2074

Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs (Democrat)
412 Russell Senate Bldg.
Washington D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-9126