Arkansas
Arkansas congressmen upset after Pride flags fly outside VA facilities
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas’ entire delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives penned a letter Tuesday urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to remove the LGBTQ+ Pride flag from their facilities. In the letter, addressed to Secretary Denis McDonough, 31 U.S. House members – including all four Arkansas representatives – urge the secretary to […]
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Alabama
VA Secretary: We Decide, Not State AGs, If Vets Can Access Abortion In States With Bans | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
- Google-News-Wire
- September 22, 2022
- abortion
- denis mcdonough
- Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is making it clear who has the final say in deciding whether veterans in states with abortion bans can still access abortion care. He does, not Republican state attorneys general. During a Wednesday hearing before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) praised McDonough for changing VA rules […]
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