Veterans

Congressman Hoyer is focused on improving health care for veterans and ensuring that they receive the benefits they have earned in a timely manner and with fewer errors. He has strengthened veterans' care by expanding mental health services, increasing access to health care in rural areas, and improving care for the more-than 2 million veterans who are women. He also fought to pass the 21st Century GI Bill, which funds four years of higher education for all of our veterans who have served actively since 9/11, which means college opportunities for over 2 million veterans.

Additionally, Congressman Hoyer is working to end homelessness among veterans, securing grant funding to support veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and he has worked to improve veterans' services in Maryland communities by working with federal, state, and local stakeholders to build a new, ADA-accessible Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Charlotte Hall and a satellite facility in St. Mary's County.

In the 117th Congress, Congressman Hoyer brought the Sergeant First Class (SFC) Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address
Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act to the House Floor and helped secure its enactment. That historic legislation was the most significant expansion of benefits for Veterans exposed to dangerous toxins during their service in more than 30 years. Millions of veterans have gained access to vital benefits and lifesaving care through the PACT Act since its enactment. In Maryland's Fifth District, 13,607 veterans have filed claims under the PACT Act as of February 2025. That's more than 16% of all the veterans in the district.

Maryland's veterans have stood by our country, and Congressman Hoyer will continue to stand by them.