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Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019

Floor Speech

By: Mike Bost
By: Mike Bost
Date: Sept. 17, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Veterans

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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding.

As a marine, it is one of my greatest honors to serve on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. It is vitally important that our government fulfill its promises to our Nation's military members that they will be taken care of once they return.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is tasked with ensuring that they receive the care they need and have earned. This bill ensures that the VA can continue to support some of our Nation's most vulnerable veterans. It extends funding for programs that help very low-income veterans and those who must travel long distances to vet centers in order to receive their care.

That is why I am proud to cosponsor and introduce this legislation with my friend, Congressman Brindisi, and I urge my colleagues to support it as well.

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