House lawmakers advanced plans to increase veterans’ access to private-sector doctors, expand caregiver stipends to more former military families and increase medical marijuana research for veterans care in a flurry of votes before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
Together, the moves represent a major step forward on multiple controversial veterans issues on Capitol Hill even as the Department of Veterans Affairs faces an uncertain future with its leadership.
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