Bipartisan legislation passed by the House would improve at-home care options for ailing vets and mandate protections for community care programs.
Collins served as a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve and deployed to Iraq in 2008.
Officials said that the suicide rate among troops has increased steadily over the last decade.
Advocates say undoing the military's abortion policy may be easier than ending VA rules.
The move is part of broader department efforts to expand telehealth options for patients.
Justice Department officials are reivewing whether VA employees improperly viewed health records of both VP candidates.
Robert Wilkie served in both the Defense Department and VA during Trump's first presidency.
The doctor was accused of assualting multiple patients during routine exams in 2019 and 2020.
Department health officials have recorded about 67,000 new cases of COVID-19 among patients in 2024.
Congress approved $3 billion in emergency VA funding in September, but officials now say they did not need the money to cover immediate bills.
