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Subcommittee approves Veterans Affairs operations DP, supporters cite veterans service officers

2399153 · February 26, 2025

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The Section A Subcommittee voted 6-2 to approve DP 3101, a Veterans Affairs Division program-operations adjustment. Members said the Veterans Service Officer (VSO) positions justified the appropriation while some expressed concern about cemetery funding.

The Section A Subcommittee approved DP 3101, a present-law adjustment for the Veterans Affairs Division’s program operations, by a 6-2 roll-call vote.

Representative Walsh moved the do-pass motion. The committee discussed returned information from agency staff and the perceived need for Veterans Service Officers. Vice Chair Mandeville said he intended to support the motion chiefly because of the VSO positions but expressed reservations about cemetery funding, saying, “I'm gonna vote for this but mainly because I think the VSO side is needed. I'm not as big a fan on the cemetery side of things.”

The roll-call vote was recorded as: Vice Chair Mandeville — yes; Senator Cziszek — no; Representative Walsh — yes; Senator Harvey — yes; Representative Muscovich — yes; Senator Flowers — yes; Senator Lamers — yes; Chair Falk — no. The tally was 6 yes, 2 no; the motion passed.

Committee members indicated they expect to review Veterans Affairs details again during full appropriations, and one member said they hoped Section F would consider additional cemetery funding needs. The transcript did not specify the exact dollar amount of DP 3101 in committee remarks; those numbers will be part of the formal fiscal documents.