Veterans’ measures generally, including compensation, pensions, life insurance issued by the government, education and vocational rehabilitation, hospitals and medical care, national cemeteries, readjustment of servicemembers to civilian life, and servicemembers civil relief.
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has 25 members, made up of 14 Republicans and 11 Democrats. Mike Bost chairs it. Mark Takano is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. House committee assignments are made at the start of each 2-year Congress, so membership can change substantially after every general election. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.
Jurisdiction source: House Rule X
How business reaches this committee
House Rule X gives this committee the subjects above. Each bill introduced in the House is referred to the committee whose Rule X jurisdiction covers its primary subject, and a bill that spans several subjects can go to more than one committee at once. This committee then decides whether to hold hearings, amend the text and report it to the floor.
Subcommittees
The committee divides its work among 5 subcommittees:
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
- Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Subcommittee on Technology Modernization
Who serves on it
25 members sit on the committee: 14 Republicans and 11 Democrats. That gives the majority 14 of the 25 seats. Mike Bost is the chair. Mark Takano is the ranking member. They hold 23 district seats and 2 delegate seats, and each seat has its own page on this site.
Following its work
Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at Browse all 435 districts.
Members
- Mike BostRIllinois 12Chair
- Mark TakanoDCalifornia 39Ranking Member
- Abraham J. HamadehRArizona 8
- Aumua Amata Coleman RadewagenRAmerican Samoa delegate
- Chris PappasDNew Hampshire 1
- Delia C. RamirezDIllinois 3
- Derrick Van OrdenRWisconsin 3
- Gregory F. MurphyRNorth Carolina 3
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.DNew Jersey 3
- Jack BergmanRMichigan 1
- Jennifer A. KiggansRVirginia 2
- Juan CiscomaniRArizona 6
- Julia BrownleyDCalifornia 26
- Keith SelfRTexas 3
- Kelly MorrisonDMinnesota 3
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRNorthern Mariana Islands delegate
- Maggie GoodlanderDNew Hampshire 2
- Mariannette Miller-MeeksRIowa 1
- Maxine DexterDOregon 3
- Morgan LuttrellRTexas 8
- Morgan McGarveyDKentucky 3
- Nancy MaceRSouth Carolina 1
- Nikki BudzinskiDIllinois 13
- Timothy M. KennedyDNew York 26
- Tom BarrettRMichigan 7
25 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.