Veterans for Common Sense

Anthony Hardie, Chair and Director

unclear; no organizational contact email found (only mailto:VHAWAS.INDEPTH@va.gov referenced for a VA study)

https://veteransforcommonsense.org/subscribe-for-email-updates/

https://www.veteransforcommonsense.org

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2026-05-25

Organization

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Issue Areas

Public Health, Community Organizing

Veterans for Common Sense is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(3) veterans service organization that provides information, education, and policy advocacy on issues affecting veterans, military service members, and U.S. foreign policy. Operating since 2002, the organization issues statements and fact sheets, publishes news and analysis, and convenes events such as Capitol Hill forums. It focuses on improving the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and veterans’ access to benefits and healthcare, with a sustained emphasis on military toxic exposures (including Gulf War illness, burn pits, K2 and related conditions) and on securing research funding and presumptive service-connection for exposure-related illnesses. The group regularly submits testimony and letters to Congress, joins coalitions and multi-organization letters, and advocates for or comments on legislation and federal rulemaking affecting veterans’ health, benefits, and related policy (e.g., PACT Act, vaccine and exposure-related bills, repeal of legacy AUMFs). Its work also extends to related policy areas that affect veterans, including higher education protections for student-veterans, VA testing and COVID-19 responses, and broader discussions about the long-term costs of war and veterans’ care.

Veterans service organization (501(c)(3)) Topics: VA benefits and healthcare, Military toxic exposure (Gulf War illness, burn pits, K2), Veterans advocacy and public policy, Congressional testimony and rulemaking, Research funding for veteran health, Presumptive service-connection for conditions, Legislation (PACT Act, VA VACCINE Act, AUMF repeal), Veteran education and protections (higher education, predatory schools), Costs of war and long-term veterans care, Coalition and public statements