Last week I had the great honor of formally taking the chairmanship of the House Veterans Affairs committee and chairing its first hearing.
It was the first time a Republican has been the chairman of an Illinois House committee in 12 years. However, the work of the Veterans Affairs committee is nonpartisan: assisting our veterans and improving the services the state offers to them is not a Republican or Democrat issue. I am looking forward to getting to work with the committee’s important business as the spring progresses.
The first meeting was mostly organizational. We will start reviewing bills over the next few weeks. If you would like to listen in the committee’s hearings, you can do so at this link. The committee’s regularly-scheduled meeting time is Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in Room 413, though that can sometimes be delayed if House session or earlier committees run long.