On behalf of #MN01, I am proud to release the Southern Minnesota Way of Life Report today. The report summarizes the constituent input my office and I heard over the last two years along our 21-county listening tour. walz.house.gov/sites/walz.ho…

On behalf of #MN01, it is my honor to introduce the Small Town and Regional Vitality Investment Act. This critical legislation will invest in the needs and longevity of Minnesota’s small towns and empower local leaders to build up their communities — creating jobs in the process.

The House VA Committee is convening a hearing on veteran suicide prevention today at 9:30 a.m. CT. As Ranking Member of @VetAffairsDems, I invite you to tune in to this critical discussion. The hearing will be streamed here: youtube.com/user/HouseVetsAf…

My staff is back on the road to discuss my Small Town and Regional Vitality Investment Act at roundtables in all 21 #MN01 counties! Learn how the bill invests in the needs and longevity of Minnesota’s small towns and empowers local leaders to create jobs: walz.house.gov/media-center/…

.@VetAffairsDems have long sounded the alarm on the VA MISSION Act’s lack of a sustainable funding source. I remain deeply concerned about how the funding shortfall will negatively impact vets who rely on other VA services. startribune.com/as-veterans-…

As it stands, current budget caps won’t allow for the level of spending the VA MISSION Act calls for ($47B) without deep cuts to other vital VA programs, such as those that invest in VA infrastructure, direct patient care, suicide prevention, medical research, and job training.

Congress has until the end of FY2019 to find a solution to the VA MISSION Act funding shortage. Regrettably, multiple proposals offered by my fellow Democrats and me to fix the funding issues have yet to be advanced, leaving critical existing VA services at risk of cuts.

We can both ensure vets have access to high quality and timely healthcare and defend against cuts and privatization of VA. I stand ready to work with Republicans and Democrats to fix the VA MISSION Act funding shortfall in a way that doesn’t put other key VA programs at risk.

If these revelations prove true, then VA is being secretly run from the shadows of Mar-a-Lago by men with no accountability to taxpayers and who have never served in the United States military or government. This is textbook corruption and cronyism. bit.ly/2njChNt

That's why I am requesting @DeptVetAffairs hand over all communications between VA officials and the three reported “shadow rulers” of VA. I am also asking VA to hand over all records of official VA travel to Mar-a-Lago. bit.ly/2vMoHG8

.@DeptVetAffairs was founded to serve and improve the lives of #veterans, never to serve as a vehicle for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago cronies to enrich themselves. Veterans deserve better and the Trump administration must be held accountable.