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Department Of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 6, 2009
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Women Defense

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Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, my amendment is supported by Senators Dorgan and Leahy, the National Guard Association, the U.S. Air Force Association, and the U.S. Army and Reserve Officers Association.

This is a simple amendment. Many of the men and women are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD and TBI. While the DOD and the Veterans' Administration have done a good job in providing services to the men and women, not everybody is accessing the services.

This amendment provides $20 million for outreach efforts so that State by State we can send people out to talk to them and make sure they understand the facilities that are there and available to them to help them with PTSD and TBI.

My understanding is that this amendment has been accepted. I thank the chairman and the ranking member.

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