Veterans

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) announced this year’s recipients of the TX-17 Congressional Veteran Commendation, a unique award given to deserving local veterans. “Our nation’s veterans selflessly serve our country so that we can enjoy blessings of freedom and liberty. It is an honor to once again pay tribute to those veterans who have served both our nation and community with the TX-17 Congressional Veteran Commendation. I find it extremely encouraging to see that even after t... Read more

U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) is requesting nominations for the 2015 TX-17 Congressional Veterans Commendation, a special tribute to honor local veterans’ military and community service. “We are indebted to our soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who have served or who are currently serving to preserve our liberty and freedom. With Veterans Day around the corner, I am humbled to once again honor deserving veterans with the TX-17 Congressional Veterans Commendation,” Congressman Flo... Read more

By Stephanie Butts Disabled veterans living in private nursing home facilities could be forced to move if their centers choose not to renew their contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, unless a federal bill that reclassifies nursing-home or adult-care facility contracts is approved. President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2014 that mandated any companies with new or renewed federal contracts signed after January 2015 pay their employees at least $10.10 per hour. With... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1994, the VA Accountability Act. Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas) released the following statement regarding its passage: “We have an obligation to our nation’s veterans to ensure that the VA is put on a path to permanent success. It has been well over a year since the revelations of misconduct and mismanagement at VA medical centers across the country and we have only seen three employees fired over this scandal. This is in large part due to th... Read more

In a ceremony earlier today, the Waco VA Medical Center was officially renamed the Doris Miller Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Last year, Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas) and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) were successful in getting a bill signed into law authorizing the renaming of the medical center after World War II hero and Waco native, Doris Miller. “Today, we paid tribute to one of America’s heroes from the Greatest Generation, Doris Miller of Waco. Congress has a proud tradition of hon... Read more

By Regina Dennis Waco native and World War II hero Doris Miller’s name adorns a city recreation center, a YMCA facility, a cemetery and a former elementary school in the Waco area. But to his family and the scores of residents and veterans he has inspired, the renaming of the Waco veterans hospital after Miller by far is the greatest tribute. “It’s a tremendous honor for the entire family for him to be recognized in this way,” said Sherri Miller, whose father, James, was Doris Miller’s younger b... Read more

Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas) has announced that the renaming ceremony of the Waco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in honor of Doris Miller, will take place on February 19, 2015. Last year, Congressman Flores introduced legislation to rename the medical center after Waco native and World War II hero, Doris Miller. The bill passed both the House and Senate and the president signed it into law on December 18, 2014. WHO: Congressman Bill Flores WHAT: Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs... Read more

Pflugerville veterans Steve Gore and Prince Humphries received the Congressional Veteran Commendation from U.S. Rep. Bill Flores on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Read more

The president has signed into law Congressman Bill Flores’ (R-Texas) bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Waco, Texas, as the "Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.” Flores released the following statement regarding the bill being signed into law: “It is fulfilling to see our efforts to honor Doris Miller, a Central Texas World War II hero, receive the president’s signature and become law. It has been an honor to lead the effort to pay tribute t... Read more

The renaming of the Waco Veterans Affairs Medical Center after World War II hero Doris Miller was made official Friday with the approval of the president. Read more