Issue Position: Veterans

Issue Position

Our veterans have laid it all on the line for our country -- for our freedoms.

Too often our veterans find only difficulty in dealing with the Veterans Administration and receive very little support for ongoing physical and mental recovery from the physical and emotional battles they have faced. Without question, we must step up to the plate and make sure that all of our veterans and their families have access to the very best health care available -- both to address the immediate physical needs and their long-term physical and mental health.

We must reform the Veterans Administration so that it is customer friendly and appropriate the funding necessary to ensure quality long-term care. No veteran who has served this country honorably should ever been in need of quality care for their physical and mental health needs.

Our goal should always be to provide our veterans and their families with the best we have to offer in career training, healthcare, and community support while they are both actively serving and afterwards. We should continue to listen to and encourage our military families through programs like the Army Family Action Plan . By working directly with our military families, we can guarantee the services they are receiving are meeting their needs.

We must also make sure there are jobs ready and waiting for them when they come home. By investing in career training programs and incentivizing businesses to hire veterans, we can help our heroes have a seamless transition from active duty to civilian careers.

The federal government needs to cut spending -- but not in this area. The first budget passed by Congress appropriated more than 25% of the budget for pensions for disabled veterans. We should follow our Founders' example.

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