The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee has advanced the nomination of Doug Collins to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The committee approved Collins’ nomination Thursday by a vote of 18 to 1,

Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins was back before members of the U.S. Senate for the next step in the confirmation process to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Doug Collins testified before the U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs committee for his confirmation hearing to become the next Veterans Affairs Secretary.

Beverly Banks, former chief of the Atlanta VA Health Care System’s police department, had been suspended with pay since May, when Veterans Affairs announced an investigation "due to employee complaints and allegations of unacceptable behavior in the police department … including allegations of sexual assault and harassment."

The U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has voted to advance Doug Collins' nomination to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Before getting into politics, Collins was a member of the US military. He’s still in the US Air Force Reserve.

The senator has been critical of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and introduced the Postmaster General Reform Act back in September. Ossoff wants to make the postmaster general job a presidential appointment and U.S. Senate confirmed position with a five-year term and two-term limit.

At his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, former Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins vowed to put his military service front and center should he lead Veterans Affairs.

Freshman Dani Carnegie scored a season-high 29 points, Kayla Blackshear and Tonie Morgan each had a double-double, and No. 18 Georgia Tech scored the final 11 points of a 75-62 victory over Virginia.

ATLANTA — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to ensure timely delivery of prescriptions, medications, and Veterans Affairs (VA) appointment notices to Georgia’s veterans following numerous reports of delays.

Miranda Rachel Briggs of Rincon, Georgia, defrauded the Department of Veterans Affairs out of nearly $130,000 after she tried hiding the divorce, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia.

Acting V.A. secretary warned that disguising diversity, equity and inclusion programs targeted for termination would result in ‘adverse consequences’