Phildephia VA Regional Office -Update Good afternoon: As recommended by the VA OIG, VBA convened an Administrative Investigation Board (AIB) to determine, among other things, whether Philadelphia VA Regional Office managers intentionally misapplied guidance regarding the application of Fast Letter (FL) 13-10 as a means to remove aging claims from its inventory. Proposed disciplinary actions are warranted as a result of the AIB findings. On Friday, July 10, 2015, eight Philadelphia VA Regional O...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 3027, the Meers Point Boundary Clarification Act, with the support of the entire Arizona House delegation, which will authorize the conveyance of four small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge (Imperial NWR) for the purposes of addressing a long-term boundary inconsistency
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after announcing original cosponsorship of three bills, H.R. 3009, H.R. 3011 and H.R. 2942, respectively aimed at terminating sanctuary cities, establishing mandatory jail time for illegal aliens that reenter the country and preventing illegal immigrants charged with crimes from being released into the public:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the House successfully passed H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015, of which he was a cosponsor, by a vote of 262-167:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the House successfully passed an amendment by a vote of 222-206 that he spearheaded along with Congressman Cresent Hardy (NV-04) to prohibit public land management agencies from carrying out declarations under the Antiquities Act in counties where there is significant local opposition:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new regulation today known as Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH):
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the Congressman’s amendment to block the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) from listing Sonoran Desert Tortoise (SDT) as an endangered or threatened species passed the House of Representatives and was successfully attached to the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after blocking an amendment introduced by Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) to the House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016, that sought to strip the Gosar requested rider included in the base bill which prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from using any appropriated funds to carry out the new “Waters of the United States (WOTUS)” regulation:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the Congressman’s amendment to prohibit the EPA from providing funds to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) passed the House of Representatives and was successfully attached to the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a legal review of the Congressman’s legislation, the Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement, validating his previous assertions:
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