Submitted Secretary of Veterans Affairs and to various organizations, elected officials at the state and national level in support of a need for a VA hospital in south Texas.  2010-2011  Committee name         Veterans Alliance of the Rio Grande Valley ad hocTopic                           To build a hospital to meet the healthcare needs of veterans in the lower                                         RGV and Coastal Bend areaCounties                      Duval, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio,…See More

January 24, 2012Harlingen, TXRegional Office of Senator John Cornyn Veterans met with Ana Maria Garcia, South Texas Regional Director & Community Outreach Advisor for Senator John Cornyn.at the Senator's Harlingen office to discuss the Veterans Affairs Strategic Capital Investment Plan (SCIP) and what it means to south Texas veterans. SCIP has been formed to address the health care needs of veterans for the next ten years.  The SCIP plan mentions the Surgical and Ambulatory Medical Center…See More

Public Law 112-94 the Strategic Capital Investment Plan of 2012During the closing of the year, veterans received good news from Washington DC.  On December 23, 2011, President Barack Obama signed Public Law No. 112-94.  This made House Bill 2055 law.  Veterans are reminded that Congressman Henry Cuellar attached his HB 1318 to this bill back in June 2011.  The title of 2055 was the Military…See More

Veterans Listen Up!We are so close that the only thing that can spoil our luck is a blowout by a legal technicality.As you may remember, this past summer, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) filed a bill HB 1318 asking for a Full Service Medical Center and other benefits for south Texas veterans.  His bill was send to the House Committee of Veterans Affairs.  In the meantime, Cuellar made a strategically good move when he moved to attach his legislation to the Military and Veterans Affairs and…See More

Wednesday, November 30, 2011VA hospital for south Texas Nov. 29, 2011Senator John Cornyn agreed toattach his bill for a Full Medical Service Center at the Harlingen VeteransAffairs Surgical Center to the National Defense Authorization. He has obtained co-sponsorship from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. We hope that these efforts prove successful.Senator Cornyn in a previous Congressional Session had attached his bill as a rider Defense Authorization Budget Act, but it was not allowed. Maybe this…See More

Politics, Public Safety, ActivismLetter Writing Campaign Operation 10,10,10Posted on Thursday, May 19th, 2011 By: Arturo (Treto) GarzaGreetings:Veterans deposited 215 letters today at the Main Post Office in Harlingen, TX.  These letters were gathered at Saturday’s VA/American Legion Health Fair held at Post 205 Hqtrs, in Harlingen, TX  Joe Ibarra (Harlingen) and Treto Garza (Harlingen) verified the addresses and made sure that each letter was proper with postage.  Irene T. Garza (Harlingen)…See More

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Rio Grande Valley Veterans of America Valley Vets March 29, 2011 Operation 10, 10,10 We are launching OPERATION 10-10-10 which is essence an effort directed at members of the Veterans Affairs Committees.  We have made little progress and times have changed, but we continue our battle.Operation 10, 10, 10 has been launched by Rio Grande Valley Veterans to try and get HB 837 and SB 396 passed in Congress.  The wording of each bill in their respective chamber is identical.  They call for an…See More

All of a sudden the efforts to bring a VA hospital to the valley have come to almost a stand still.  It appears that just about everyone thinks that we have won and that we are indeed getting a Full Service Medical Center.  I think that veterans should be cautious on this assumption.Senator Cornyn's bill S 396 is brief and to the point.  But it must be passed at the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and onto the full floor of the Senate.  This is something that has never been done before.  All…See More

On November 11, thousands of valleyites praised and thanked the Veterans of our Armed Forces. Special events were held in just about every school, town, civic organization and of course at Veteran posts and chapters.  All remember the sacrifice.  All remember what many veterans have gone through.  All remember that veterans have sacrificed a little of their lives for the price of freedom.. Veterans stood the watch.After the events, many returned home and most forgot about veterans.  One of the…See More

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