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United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee On Technology Modernization
The United States Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization is one of the five subcommittees within the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. Jurisdiction The Subcommittee on Technology Modernization has oversight and investigative jurisdiction over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ enterprise technology modernization programs and projects, including the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. Members, 117th Congress Historical subcommittee rosters 115th Congress 116th Congress The 116th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2019, and ended on Janua ... External links United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization {{United States House Veterans' Affairs subcommittees Veterans' Affairs Oversight and Investigations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Veterans' Affairs
The standing Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the United States House of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legislation, and recommends new bills or amendments concerning U.S. military veterans. Jurisdiction includes retiring and disability pensions, life insurance, education (including the G.I. Bill), vocational training, medical care, and home loan guarantees. The committee oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veterans' hospitals, and veterans' cemeteries, except cemeteries under the Secretary of the Interior. Veterans and other interested people may be surprised to learn that the Veterans' Affairs Committee does not have legislative jurisdiction over the following issues: * Tax status of veterans benefits and contributions to Veterans Service Organizations (Committee on Ways and Means); * Military retiree issues, including COLA's and disability pay ( Committee on Armed Services); * CHAMPUS and Tri-Care ( Committee on Armed Services); * Survivo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor Lamb
Conor James Lamb (born June 27, 1984) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district since 2019. The district includes most of the northwestern suburbs of Pittsburgh. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the neighboring in 2018. Lamb was also a candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania. A longtime resident of Pittsburgh, Lamb earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania and served as an assistant U.S. attorney in his home city from 2014 to 2017. He ran for the 18th district's seat in a special election caused by Republican Congressman Tim Murphy's resignation and defeated Republican Rick Saccone. After Pennsylvania's congressional map was redrawn by court order the same year, Lamb won his first full term to the 17th district in the general election. Lamb did not seek re-election to his House seat in 2022, choosing instead to run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Watkins (politician)
Steven Charles Watkins Jr. (born September 18, 1976) is an American politician and former military officer. He served as the U.S. representative for Kansas's from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party, and was succeeded by Jake LaTurner. He earned degrees from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and Harvard. Career Born on September 18, 1976, at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Watkins attended high school in Topeka, Kansas and left to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating in 1999. Watkins is a graduate of the following military schools: Ranger, Airborne, Sapper, Air Assault, and Pathfinder. He was stationed at Fort Richardson in Alaska in 2000. He saw combat in 2004 in Khost Province and conducted combat patrols on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, attaining the rank of captain. He began running dogs in Alaska in 2000, and competed in the Iditarod Trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Cunningham (American Politician)
Joseph Kendrick Cunningham (born May 26, 1982) is an American politician, lawyer and former engineer who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. The district includes much of South Carolina's share of the Atlantic Coast, from Charleston to Hilton Head Island. A member of the Democratic Party, Cunningham narrowly defeated Republican state representative Katie Arrington in the 2018 general election. He lost his 2020 re-election bid in another close race to Republican state representative Nancy Mace after one term in Congress. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election and faced incumbent Republican governor Henry McMaster in November but was defeated. Early life and education Cunningham was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, and grew up in Kuttawa, Kentucky. He graduated from Lyon County High School in 2000. Cunningham attended the College of Charleston for two years before trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Brownley
Julia Andrews Brownley (born August 28, 1952) is an American businesswoman and politician who has been the United States representative for California's 26th congressional district since 2013. A Democrat, she served in the California State Assembly from 2006 to 2012.Julia Brownley Councilmember 41st Assembly District juliabrownley.com; accessed November 15, 2014. Before her political career, she worked in marketing and sales. Early life, education, and career Brownley grew up in Virginia, and attended , a girls' boarding school in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Lee
Susie is a female name that can be a diminutive form of Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, Susannah, Susanna or Susana. Susie may refer to: Songs * "Susie Q" (song), a 1957 song by Dale Hawkins, covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) *"Wake Up Little Susie", by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (1957) *"Susie", a song by Krokus from ''Painkiller'' *"Susie", a song by John Lee Hooker from the album '' Mr. Lucky'' *"Susie", a 2018 track by Toby Fox from ''Deltarune Chapter 1 OST'' from the video game ''Deltarune'' Film and TV * ''Private Secretary'' (TV series), also known as ''Susie'', an American sitcom * ''Susie'' (film), a Malayalam film * ''Susie'' (TV program), an Australian talk show *"The Susie", an episode of ''Seinfeld'' Fictional characters *Susie, one of the murdered children in the media franchise ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' *Susie, a major character in the video game ''Deltarune'' *Susie, part of the Legion, a killer in ''Dead by Daylight'' *Susie (a.k.a. Susanna Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
116th Congress
The 116th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021, during the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency. Senators elected to regular terms in 2014 finished their terms in this Congress, and House seats were apportioned based on the 2010 Census. In the November 2018 midterm elections, the Democratic Party won a new majority in the House, while the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate. Consequently, this was the first split Congress since the 113th Congress of 2013–2015, and the first Republican Senate–Democratic House split since the 99th Congress of 1985–1987. This Congress was the youngest incoming class by mean age, compared to the previous three the incoming class of freshman representatives, and the most demographically diverse in history. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Peters (politician)
Scott Harvey Peters (born June 17, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from California's 50th congressional district since 2023. His district includes both coastal and central portions of San Diego, as well as the suburbs of Poway and Coronado. A member of the Democratic Party, Peters served two terms on the San Diego City Council from 2000 to 2008, and was the first person to hold the post of president of the city council (2006–2008). He also served as a commissioner for the Unified Port of San Diego before becoming a member of Congress. Early life, education, and legal career Peters was born in 1958 in Springfield, Ohio. He was raised in Michigan. His father was a Lutheran minister and his mother was a homemaker. Peters has said that he took out student loans and participated in his school's work-study program, through which he was given jobs answering phones and cleaning pigeon cages. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Coffman
Michael Harold Coffman (born March 19, 1955) is an American politician, businessman, and veteran of the United States Army, U.S. Army and United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps serving as Mayor of Aurora, Colorado since 2019. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Coffman served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for for five terms, as well as Secretary of State of Colorado and Colorado State Treasurer. The Military brat, son of a soldier, Coffman was born in Missouri and moved to Aurora when he was 9 years old. He enlisted in the army himself at age 17, serving two years before leaving for the reserves to attend college. Coffman received his Bachelor of Arts, B.A. from the University of Colorado, while attending special programs at Harvard University, Harvard and the Universidad Veracruzana, University of Veracruz. After transferring to the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Coffman founded a property managem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
117th Congress
The 117th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2021, during the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency, which will end on January 3, 2023. The 2020 elections decided control of both chambers. In the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party retained their majority, albeit reduced from the 116th Congress. It is similar in size to the majority held by the Republican Party during the 83rd Congress (1953–1955). In the Senate, Republicans briefly held the majority at the start. However, on January 20, 2021, three new Democratic senators (Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California) were sworn in, resulting in 50 seats held by Republicans, 48 seats held by Democrats, and two held by inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bergman
John Warren "Jack" Bergman (born February 2, 1947) is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. He served as commanding general of the Marine Forces Reserve and the Marine Forces North. He also served as a naval aviator, flying rotary-winged aircraft such as the CH-46 and UH-1, as well as fixed-wing aircraft such as the T-28 and KC-130. Early life and education Bergman was born on February 2, 1947, in Shakopee, Minnesota, and received his undergraduate degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1969. He subsequently earned an M.B.A. degree from the University of West Florida. His formal military education includes Naval Aviation Flight Training, Amphibious Warfare School, Marine Corps Command & Staff College, Landing Force Staff Planning (Marine Expeditionary Brigade EBand Air Command Element CE, Reserve Component Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
115th Congress
The 115th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's presidency. The seats in the House were apportioned based on the 2010 United States Census., §3(b), and The Republican Party retained their majorities in both the House and the Senate, and with Donald Trump being sworn in as President on January 20, 2017, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 109th Congress in 2005. Several political scientists described the legislative accomplishments of this Congress as modest, considering that both Congress and the presidency were under unified Republican Party control. According to a contemporary study, "House and Senate GOP majorities str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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