Peters Receives Perfect Grade On Veterans Issues

Press Release

Representative Gary Peters was recognized by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Action Fund today for his perfect record on supporting veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There were only twenty lawmakers who received a perfect grade.

"We are all indebted to the men and women who serve in uniform, beyond what we can ever hope to repay," said Rep. Peters. "I will continue to fight to get our troops the equipment and supplies they need, and also ensure that veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan have access to the health care and educational opportunities they have earned."

Peters successfully helped secure steady funding for veterans health care that gives VA hospitals and doctors certainty in treating their patients, regardless of whether Washington passes a budget on time. He is also pushing VA Secretary Shinseki to address the unconscionable backlog of veteran benefit claims and to do more to report statistics on Traumatic Brain Injury so that the medical community can better understand the affliction, which has become more prevalent during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Peters supported legislation that will give the 1.8 million women veterans in our country better access to the health care and expand new GI Bill college benefits to all children of fallen troops since 9/11. Peters helped pass legislation that gives businesses an expanded tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans and provides troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with better equipment, including Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles proven to save lives.

Gary Peters served as a Lieutenant Commander and Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

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