09/01/2026
🇺🇸 CALL TO ACTION: Kansas Veterans — Your Voice Is Needed 🇺🇸
Kansas veterans and supporters, now is the time to show up and be heard.
The Kansas House Committee on Veterans & Military will meet on
📅 Thursday, February 12
⏰ 9:00 a.m.
📍 Room 281-N, Kansas State Capitol, Topeka to vote on HB 2214.
🔎 What HB 2214 Is Really About
HB 2214 would allow unaccredited, for-profit companies to charge veterans up to five times the amount of a veteran’s monthly VA benefit increase for help with VA disability claims — without requiring VA accreditation, oversight, or accountability.
These companies do not represent veterans before the VA, and if a claim later raises concerns, the veteran alone bears the consequences — not the company that collected the fee.
It is also important to note that at least one proponent of HB 2214 is currently involved in publicly reported litigation in their home state of North Carolina, including cases related to business practices and fees. These matters are ongoing and unresolved, but they underscore why oversight, transparency, and accountability matter when veterans’ benefits are involved.
For more information on these pending lawsuits, please click on the below links:
https://www.cohenmilstein.com/court-permits-whistleblower-lawsuit-alleging-nationwide-fraud-by-veterans-disability-claims-consulting-company-and-three-individuals-to-proceed/
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/north-carolina/ncmdce/1:2023cv00756/96509/131/ #:~:text=Federal
📣 What You Can Do Right Now
✔️ Email or call members of the House Veterans & Military Committee and urge them to vote NO on HB 2214
✔️ Show up in person on Thursday, February 12 at 9:00 a.m., Room 281-N, Kansas State Capitol, Topeka
✔️ Encourage fellow veterans, family members, and supporters to attend and to reach out to the members of the committee
We need hats in the seats. A full room matters. Your presence sends a clear message that Kansas veterans are engaged and expect to be heard.
📬 Committee member names and contact information:
📞Or you can call the House switchboard at (785) 296-2391 and ask for the committee member by name.
Rick James, Chairman [email protected]
Shaun Chauncey, Vice Chair [email protected]
Virgil Weigel, Ranking Member [email protected]
Lewis "Bill" Bloom [email protected]
Abi Boatman [email protected]
Carolyn Caiharr [email protected]
Sydney Carlin [email protected]
Kenneth Collins [email protected]
Dan Goddard [email protected]
Timothy Johnson [email protected]
Susan Ruiz [email protected]
Greg Wilson [email protected]
This is not about politics — it’s about protecting veterans.
