The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday easily advanced former Georgia GOP Rep. Doug Collins’s nomination to be the secretary of Veterans Affairs, setting him up for a full Senate vote likely to be uncontentious.
The panel voted 18-1, with the lone “no” vote coming from Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), who said Collins’s plans for the VA were “not in line” with what she believed was right for veterans across the country.
Among her concerns was the potential for Collins to overturn a Biden administration rule that allows the VA to provide abortions to veterans for a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when the life of a pregnant woman is at risk — even in states where it has been largely outlawed.
Senate panel overwhelmingly advances Trump pick for VA secretary
- by: Ellen Mitchell
- 2025-01-23
- Source:
MSN
- 01/23/2025
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