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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, December 12, 2016, US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) wrote in an email newsletter to constituents that the long troubled Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) is showing improvement. Congresswoman Roby wrote, “I’m pleased to report that the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS), once ranked the … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, December 6, 2016, the US House of Representatives passed the Faster Care for Veterans Act, HR4352. US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) supported the legislation to reform the troubled Veterans Administration (VA) Health Care System). Roby said that the bill would allow veterans to self schedule their own medical … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 14, US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) expressed her support for HR5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act, which the Congresswoman says will give greater accountability for Veterans Affairs (VA) employees and stronger protections for whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing. The major VA (Veteran Affairs) reform legislation … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, May 23, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) reacted to “absurd” comments by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald downplaying wait time problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and questioning the need to make such information public. … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, February 8 U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R from Montgomery) announced that her bill, H.R. 3234, which she says will streamline improvements at failing VA medical centers will come to the House floor this week.  Roby said that this marks a major step forward in her mission to … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, January 21, US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) met with VA officials and representatives from Alabama’s health care community in an effort to build a veterans community Health Network. Congresswoman Roby gathered leaders from Alabama’s hospital community and officials from the Veterans Health Administration to take the first steps … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, January 4, US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) will meet with new VA Southeast Network Director Leslie Wiggins Monday, January 4, and the two will address the media about the issues that have plagued the US Veterans Department health care facilities for our Nation’s Veterans. Director Wiggins previously … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, December 14, US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and Mike Rogers (R-Saks) joined VA leaders and community partners to cut the ribbon on the Central Alabama VA’s new Chantilly clinic in Montgomery. Joining Reps. Roby and Rogers were: Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson, Southeast Regional VA … Continued

By U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1)  Last week we celebrated Veterans Day, and we honored the men and women who have served in the United States military. These are the individuals who throughout our nation’s history have put country above themselves. I had the honor of attending a number of Veterans Day ceremonies in Southwest … Continued