House Democrats Highlight How Republican MilCon-VA Funding Bill Falls Short

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"I fought hard to ensure the deal brokered by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy prevented House Republicans from carrying out their initial plan to cut the fund created to care for veterans of all wars exposed to Agent Orange, burn pits, and other toxic substances. Despite now having a law that fully funds the Toxic Exposures Fund and sets overall funding levels, today's markup and last night's news of sweeping harmful cuts are proof that the hard work of protecting and caring for our veterans, servicemembers, and their families is not over. This bill cuts military construction funding and includes harmful policy provisions that have no chance of becoming law. Additionally, Republicans cannot credibly claim to fully fund veterans' programs until they have shown us how they treat veterans in the rest of the domestic funding bills that they are cutting by as much as 30 percent. By failing to write bills that follow the law, Republicans' cuts reach deeper into other agencies' programs like housing and job training services veterans rely on. I hope House Republicans rethink this meaningless messaging exercise and decide to get to work on bills that stand a chance of becoming law."

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