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President Donald Trump surprised many on Friday by announcing Robert Wilkie as his nominee to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, including Wilkie.
According to reports, Wilkie, a Fayetteville native, appeared to not know the announcement was coming. Wilkie has been acting VA secretary since late March.
Trump made his remarks at the White House Prison Reform Summit, as he introduced other members of his cabinet.
President Donald Trump has picked North Carolinian Robert Wilkie to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
If the Senate confirms him to the position, he would lead the second-largest agency in the U.S. government — one that has been plagued by scandal in recent years and is in the middle of a political fight over privatization.
Trump made the surprise announcement at a prison reform summit Friday morning at the White House.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives passed the VA Mission Act of 2018 (S. 2372), a bipartisan package to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and fund the Choice Program.
U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) supported the vote.
We are at the halfway mark for the 115th Congress. Lawmakers began the new legislative session with high hopes following the passage of the tax reform package at the end of 2017. With that piece of legislation now on the books, congressional delegations members now turn their attention to other burning issues affecting their districts, including support for the military and veterans, efforts to fight the opiate epidemic and steps to increase workforce development.
Rep. Richard Hudson on how tax reform bill impacted his consituents
Included in the markup were two of U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson’s (R-NC) bipartisan bills: H.R. 5687 and H.R. 5041.