The move comes as VA Secretary Doug Collins has accused Democrats of creating panic over planned department reforms.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego announced Tuesday he will block the confirmation of top leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs, raising the stakes in Democrats' bid to get the ...

Donald Trump’s pick for Veterans Affairs Secretary, Doug Collins ... Gallego — doing what a senator should do — wants to make sure Collins didn’t have his fingers crossed.

Doug Collins, the veterans affairs secretary, is unlikely to accept Senator Richard Blumenthal’s invitation to appear on Capitol Hill to discuss the Trump administration’s cuts on veterans and ...

He stands to block some 13 of Trump's VA nominees from receiving confirmation, though VA Secretary Doug Collins and deputy ... came just hours before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs ...

Senate Democrats are planning “shadow hearings ... been fiercely critical of President Donald Trump, VA Secretary Doug Collins and businessman Elon Musk for a series of announced and leaked ...

Other Top Pentagon Nominees "I voted for Doug Collins, and I regret it," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, said on the Senate floor ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins has said the moves will make the department leaner ... staffing needs and gaps after already publicly committing to the sweeping cuts. The Senate has already confirmed the ...

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins walks through his plans to cut spending in the agency while ensuring that veterans' benefits aren't affected. Colorado Area Evacuated, School Closed ...

Though the meeting was held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington ... s crusade to slash the federal workforce and contractors and VA Secretary [Doug] Collins’ plans to aggressively cut ...