WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, today released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request, which includes a total of $198.6 billion for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA):

“This budget proposal reaffirms the president’s commitment to investing in our veterans’ health care and benefits. The president has made improving veterans’ services a priority, and this budget would allow the VA to continue making changes and reforms to deliver the best health care for our veterans. I look forward to working with the Department of Veterans Affairs in the year ahead as we continue to take steps to provide top-notch services to our veterans.”

For more information, view the president’s fiscal year 2019 budget here.

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The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., in the 115th Congress. Isakson is a veteran himself – having served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966-1972 – and has been a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs since he joined the Senate in 2005. Isakson’s home state of Georgia is home to more than a dozen military installations representing each branch of the armed services as well as more than 750,000 veterans.