2020-2025: Greg Murphy Repeatedly Voted Against Protecting Veterans And Military Servicemembers, Including Voting Twice To Block $12 Billion For Veteran Health Care
2025: Murphy Voted To Block Consideration Of A Bill That Would Reinstate Veterans Fired From The Federal Government
2025: Murphy Voted For Blocking Consideration Of The Protect Veteran Jobs Act. In March 2025, Murphy voted for: “Langworthy, R-N.Y., motion to order the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment).” According to the Congressional Record, Rep. Neguse said, “If we defeat the previous question, I will be offering an amendment to the rule to bring up H.R. 1637, the Protect Veteran Jobs Act.” A vote for the motion was a vote to block consideration of the bill. The motion was agreed to by a vote of 196-187. [H. Res. 177, Vote #56, 3/4/25; CQ, 3/4/25; Congressional Record, 3/4/25]
- The Protect Veteran Jobs Act Would Reinstate Veterans Fired From The Federal Government Under Trump. “Rep. Derek Tran, D-Calif., an Army veteran, introduced a bill to reinstate veterans fired from the federal government under Trump. The bill, titled the Protect Veteran Jobs Act, would also require federal agencies to submit reports to Congress on the veteran dismissals and provide clear justifications for termination.” [ABC News, 3/4/25]
2024: Murphy Voted Twice To Block Consideration Of $12 Billion For Veteran Health Care
September 24, 2024: Murphy Voted For Blocking Consideration Of An Additional $12 Billion For Veteran Healthcare. In September 2024, Murphy voted for: “Burgess, R-Texas, motion to order the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment).” According to the Congressional Record, Rep. McGovern said, “Madam Speaker, I urge that we defeat the previous question, and if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to include an additional $12 billion in the continuing resolution that our Nation’s veterans need for their healthcare.” A vote for the motion was a vote to block consideration of the bill. The motion was agreed to by a vote of 208-204. [H. Res. 1469, Vote #443, 9/24/24; CQ, 9/24/24; Congressional Record, 9/24/24]
September 10, 2024: Murphy Voted For Blocking Consideration Of $12 Billion For Veteran Healthcare. In September 2024, Murphy voted for: “Langworthy, R-N.Y., motion to order the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment).” According to the Congressional Record, Rep. McGovern said, “If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to include $12 billion that our Nation’s veterans need for their healthcare, $12 billion that the House Republicans decided, intentionally, to leave out of their partisan continuing resolution.” A vote for the motion was a vote to block consideration of the bill. The motion was agreed to by a vote of 193-189. [H. Res. 1430, Vote #403, 9/10/24; CQ, 9/10/24; Congressional Record, 9/10/24]
2023: Murphy Voted To Cap Federal Spending In Such A Way That Meant 31 Million Fewer Veteran Outpatient Visits And 81,000 Layoffs Across The Veterans Health Administration
2023: Murphy Voted For Suspending The Debt Limit Through March 2024 Or Until $1.5 Trillion Has Been Reached And Capping Federal Spending For FY 2024 At 2022 Levels With A Capped 1% Per Year Growth. In April 2023, Murphy voted for: “Passage of the bill, as amended, that would suspend the statutory limit on federal debt through March 31, 2024, or until an additional $1.5 trillion has been borrowed — whichever occurs first. It would also include a range of provisions to limit federal spending, as well as the text of a previously passed energy and permitting policy package. The bill would set base discretionary spending limits through fiscal 2033, capping spending for fiscal 2024 at the fiscal 2022 level of $1.47 trillion — a reduction from current spending levels — and raising the cap by 1 percent annually through fiscal 2033. It would also include similar annual cap adjustments for specified programs, including for wildfire suppression, disability reviews and redeterminations, health care fraud and abuse control, and disaster reemployment services and eligibility assessments. The bill would rescind unobligated amounts from various funds provided by the fiscal 2022 reconciliation package (PL 117-169) for COVID-19 relief, IRS enforcement, and certain climate- and infrastructure-focused initiatives, as well as all unobligated funding from the March 2021 coronavirus relief reconciliation package (PL 117-2) and earlier coronavirus response laws. The bill would expand or establish work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries aged 19 to 55 and raise from 49 to 55 the oldest age at which existing work requirements would apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries. It would also modify various work standards for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, including to update the baseline for calculating certain state workforce participation standards and require states to collect certain data related to work outcomes for TANF participants. To limit regulatory spending, the bill would nullify pending executive actions suspending student loan payments and prohibit the Education Department from implementing any substantially similar actions without congressional approval. It would also establish a process to require congressional approval of all ‘major’ federal rules that would have an annual impact of at least $100 million, cause a major increase in prices, or cause significant adverse effects to economic competitiveness. Among energy- and climate-focused provisions, the bill would repeal, phase out or narrow a variety of climate-focused tax credits under the fiscal 2022 reconciliation package, including repealing new credits for solar and wind projects, sustainable aviation fuel and clean fuel production. It would also include the full text of the House-passed energy and permitting package (HR 1) that would require a number of actions to boost the domestic production of fossil fuels and certain critical minerals and accelerate the construction of natural gas pipelines and other energy infrastructure, while reversing or repealing certain presidential actions taken and laws enacted during the Biden administration related to energy policy and climate change.” The bill passed by a vote of 217-215. [H.R. 2811, Vote #199, 4/26/23; CQ, 4/26/23]
- New York Times: The Republican Debt Limit Bill Did Not Include Many Specifics On What Government Spending Would Be Cut. “Their bill, which would raise the country’s borrowing limit for a year in exchange for a decade of spending reductions, does not include many specifics. It achieves most of its savings with spending caps for discretionary spending — the part of the budget allocated annually by Congress that is not automatic like Social Security payments — but it doesn’t say what discretionary programs should be cut and which ones should be spared.” [New York Times, 5/8/23]
- The House Republican Debt Limit Plan Was Expected To Force 22% In Cuts Across The Federal Government. “The legislation Congressional Republicans introduced sets overall appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024 at the same level as FY 2022. At this level, all appropriated funding—including both defense and domestic programs—would be cut deeply. However, Congressional Republicans have indicated that they are not willing to cut defense funding at all, which means that everything else in annual appropriations—from cancer research, to education, to veterans’ health care—would be cut by much more. The math is simple, but unforgiving. At their proposed topline funding level—and with defense funding left untouched as Republicans have proposed—everything else is forced to suffer enormous cuts. In fact, their bill would force a cut of 22 percent—cuts that would grow deeper and deeper with each year of their plan.” [The White House, 4/20/23]
- Cutting Federal Spending By 22% Meant 31 Million Fewer Veteran Outpatient Visits And 81,000 Layoffs Across The Veterans Health Administration, Leaving Vets Vulnerable. “Cutting funding by 22 percent would mean 30 million fewer veteran outpatient visits, and 81,000 jobs lost across the Veterans Health Administration—leaving veterans unable to get appointments for care including wellness visits, cancer screenings, mental health services, and substance use disorder treatment.” [The White House, 4/20/23]
- Recouping Unspent Pandemic Aid Was Expected To Take Away Billions From The VA That Would Limit The Availability Of Healthcare Services For Veterans. “Democrats are jumping on the House GOP plan to recoup unspent pandemic aid in their debt limit bill, charging that the move will harm agencies counting on that funding, including the Department of Veterans Affairs. […] But few issues carry the political resonance as potential cuts to veterans benefits, and Democrats have been aiming their fire particularly at over $2 billion sitting in VA health accounts that the debt limit bill would cancel. Rescinding that money would ‘dramatically limit the ability for VA to provide healthcare services both within and outside of VA by clawing back needed funding for medical care,’ according to the Democrats' memo.” [Roll Call, 4/25/23]
2022: Murphy Voted Against Automatically Enrolling Discharged Veterans In VA Health Care Within 60 Days Of Eligibility
2022: Murphy Voted Against Automatic Veterans Affairs Healthcare Enrollment For Discharged Service Members Within 60 Days Of Eligibility. In January 2022, Murphy voted against: “Passage of the bill, as amended, that would require the Veterans Affairs Department to automatically enroll eligible veterans in the department's patient enrollment system, giving them access to VA health care services, within 60 days of receiving confirmation of their eligibility from the Defense Department. It would also require the VA to provide veterans a notification of enrollment, an electronic version of their certificate of eligibility, means to opt out of enrollment electronically and instructions to elect enrollment at a later date.” The bill passed by a vote of 265-163. [H.R. 4673, Vote #14, 1/20/22; CQ, 1/20/22]
- Murphy Voted Against An Amendment To Extend Automatic Veteran Healthcare Enrollment To Veterans Discharged 90 Days Prior To The Bill’s Enactment. In January 2022, Murphy voted against: “Escobar D-Texas, amendment no. 3 that would extend automatic enrollment under the bill's provisions to veterans discharged 90 days before enactment or later.” The amendment was adopted by a vote of 228-198. [H.R. 4673, Vote #12, 1/20/22; CQ, 1/20/22]
2021: Murphy Voted Against Strengthening Servicemember Consumer Protections Related To Medical Debt And Credit Reporting
2021: Murphy Voted Against An Amendment That Would Strengthen Servicemember Consumer Protections Related To Medical Debt And Credit Reporting. In September 2021, Murphy voted against: “Tlaib, D-Mich., amendment no. 11 that would strengthen servicemember consumer protections with regard to medical debt collections and credit reporting, including by prohibiting the collection of medical debt for two years after a first payment is due and prohibiting debt arising from medically necessary procedures from ever appearing on servicemember credit reports.” The amendment was adopted by a vote of 222-203. [HR 4350, Vote #271, 9/22/21; CQ, 9/23/21]
2020: Murphy Voted Against Expanding Eligibility For Veterans Affairs Housing Programs
2020: Murphy Voted Against Expanding Eligibility For Veterans Affairs Housing Programs. In January 2020, Murphy voted against: “Waters, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended, that would expand eligibility for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supported Housing Program by expanding the definition of ‘veteran’ for the program to include all members of the U.S. military who served for any period of time, except those who were dishonorably discharged or dismissed pursuant to a court-martial sentence. It would also require the VA to submit an annual report to Congress on homelessness services provided by the department, including under the HUD-VASH program, including the total number of eligible individuals and a breakdown of individuals served by each program.” The motion was agreed to by a vote of 362-31. [H.R. 2398, Vote #15, 1/13/20; CQ, 1/13/20]
- Murphy Was One Of Only 31 House Members To Vote Against The Motion. In January 2020, Murphy voted against: “Waters, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended, that would expand eligibility for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supported Housing Program by expanding the definition of ‘veteran’ for the program to include all members of the U.S. military who served for any period of time, except those who were dishonorably discharged or dismissed pursuant to a court-martial sentence. It would also require the VA to submit an annual report to Congress on homelessness services provided by the department, including under the HUD-VASH program, including the total number of eligible individuals and a breakdown of individuals served by each program.” The motion was agreed to by a vote of 362-31. [H.R. 2398, Vote #15, 1/13/20; CQ, 1/13/20]