Schakowsky Remembers the Fallen, Says Veterans Deserve Results, Not Rhetoric on Memorial Day

SCHAKOWSKY REMEMBERS THE FALLEN, SAYS VETERANS DESERVE RESULTS, NOT RHETORIC ON MEMORIAL DAY

US Representative Jan Schakowsky released a statement today calling for a renewed commitment to soldiers and veterans as we pause to remember the fallen.

The full text of Representative Schakowsky's statement is below:

"This Memorial Day, we honor the service of America's soldiers and veterans. Even as we remember the fallen, we must renew our commitment to support our soldiers and veterans."

"As we memorialize those who gave their lives for our country, we think of our soldiers risking their lives today in Iraq and Afghanistan. As the situation in Iraq deteriorates, we should honor our soldiers by beginning to withdraw troops as soon as possible."

"Soldiers, veterans, and their families deserve more than rhetoric on Memorial Day - they deserve results. Just this week, we learned that the Social Security numbers of millions of our veterans were stolen. I have co-sponsored legislation that will allow veterans free access to credit monitoring, so that they will know whether they have been victims of identity theft."

"The President and his friends in Congress have made empty promises to veterans while slashing VA benefits and increasing health care costs. It's time to provide our soldiers with a new GI Bill of Rights that will improve health care benefits and services, end the disabled veterans tax and the military families tax, provide support to homeless veterans, and provide bonuses and special pay for the permanently injured."
"I will continue to fight to provide soldiers, veterans, and their families with the health care and financial support that they deserve for serving our nation."

http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/PressRelease_5_26_06_VeteransMemorialDay.html