United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs deals with most of the United States veterans issues. People who are members of the committee help fight for veterans. Members are also members of the United States senate. They help veterans find jobs and homes, and help with medical care. It was created in 1971 to help the Vietnam War veterans.

The Veterans' Affairs Committee had nine members when it was created. It now has 17 members.

Members, 116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Chair (until December 31, 2019) Jerry Moran, Kansas, Chair (from January 6, 2020) John Boozman, Arkansas Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Mike Rounds, South Dakota Thom Tillis, North Carolina Dan Sullivan, Alaska Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Kelly Loeffler, Georgia (from January 6, 2020)	Jon Tester, Montana, Ranking Member Patty Murray, Washington Bernie Sanders, Vermont Sherrod Brown, Ohio Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Joe Manchin, West Virginia Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona

According to committee members' official online biographies, three of the fourteen members are veterans: Richard Blumenthal, Dan Sullivan and Johnny Isakson.

Related pages

• List of current United States Senate committees
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Other websites

• United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs