WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Senator John Kerry (D-MA), sent a letter today to Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake, calling on him to end the current prohibition of voter registration at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs unanimously approved the nomination of Christine Hill to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative Affairs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, held an oversight hearing today on the undue delay of veterans disability claims processing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after President George W. Bush signed H.R. 2642, the Emergency War Supplemental, which includes the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, also known as the “21st Century GI Bill,” into law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, expressed his gratification that the Senate passed a new “GI Bill for the 21st Century,” and urged President George W. Bush to sign it into law.