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Economic Opportunity

Membership 114th Congress

Chairman

Brad Wenstrup 
Ohio-02

Republican Members

Lee Zeldin 
New York-01

Aumua Amata Radewagen 
American Samoa-00

Ryan Costello 
Pennsylvania-06

Mike Bost 
Illinois-12

Ranking Member

Mark Takano 
California-41

Democratic Members

Dina Titus 
Nevada-01

Kathleen Rice 
New York-04

Jerry McNerney 
California-09

Welcome to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, which shall have legislative, oversight, and investigative jurisdiction over education of veterans, employment and training of veterans, vocational rehabilitation, veterans' housing programs, readjustment of servicemembers to civilian life, and servicemembers civil relief.

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Resources for Veterans

Doing Business with the Federal Government

Doing Business with the VA

G.I. Bill® and other Education Programs

G.I. Bill® Comparison Tool

Guide to Federal Employment for Veterans

Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP)

Veterans Employment and Training Service of the U.S. Department of Labor

Veterans Employment Center (Job Postings for Veterans)

Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E)

Recent Activity

“Examining 21st Century Programs and Strategies for Veteran Job Seekers”

Jun 15, 2016 Hearing

“Veterans in Tech: Innovative Careers for All Generations of Veterans”

May 17, 2016 Hearing

H.R. 3286; H.R. 4138; H.R. 5174; H.R. 5175; H.R. 5176; and H.R. 5178

May 11, 2016 Markup

“A Review of Veterans Preference in Federal Government Hiring”

Apr 20, 2016 Hearing

Legislative hearing on: H.R. 748; H.R. 2551; H.R. 3286; H.R. 3419; H.R. 4138; and 4 draft bills

Apr 14, 2016 Hearing

“Legislative Hearing on draft legislation to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs”

Mar 16, 2016 Hearing

"Best Practices in Veteran Hiring"

Feb 19, 2016 Hearing

A Review of VA’s Loan Guaranty and Specially Adaptive Housing Grant Programs (SAH)

Feb 10, 2016 Hearing

Finding Solutions for Veteran Homelessness in Southern California

Jan 20, 2016 Hearing

Examining VA’s On-the-Job Training and Apprenticeship Program

Nov 18, 2015 Hearing

Subcommittee's Activity in Previous Congress

Economic Opportunity (115th Congress)
Economic Opportunity (113th Congress)
Economic Opportunity (112th Congress)
Economic Opportunity (111th Congress)
Economic Opportunity (110th Congress)