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Apr 11, 2014
| Maine Insights
Mike Michaud tours Togus, VA Hospital to help veterans needs progress
Congressman Mike Michaud met with veterans today at Togus VA Medical Center in Augusta.
Apr 11, 2014
| Bangor Daily News
Obama appoints Maine DMR chief to be commissioner of salmon conservation organization
President Barack Obama has appointed Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher to serve as commissioner of the Council of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization.
May 26, 2013
| Bangor Daily News
How the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs can address its claims backlog
Issues: Fighting for our Veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs claims backlog has been an issue that has risen to national attention and prompted much outrage. And for good reason — the number of veterans’ claims currently pending approval by the VA totals almost 880,000. Claims pending more than 125 days, which are considered “in the backlog,” total nearly 600,000.
Dec 23, 2011
| Bangor Daily News
Action plan needed to make Congress work
The recent irresponsible political maneuvering over a bill to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits is just the latest example of how broken Washington is these days. Mainers are rightly asking themselves if it’s possible for Congress to work together and get things done...
Jun 14, 2011
| Portland Press Herald
Michaud criticizes VA reporting of sex assaults at medical facilities
Issues: Fighting for our Veterans
The last thing a female veteran should have to fear at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility is being sexually assaulted. But too often it happens, said U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud of Maine. And after failing to prevent a sexual assault at one of its facilities, he said, the VA too often fails to properly report it. Michaud, D-2nd District, spoke at a House hearing Monday that highlighted a federal report, released last week, that shows nearly 300 sexual assaults, including 67 rapes, were alleged to have occurred in the VA network from 2007 to 2010.
