The negative impacts of financial illiteracy are less obvious when the economy is booming, employment is plentiful, and wages rise.
It is when recessions come, people lose jobs, and wages fall where the true costs of financial illiteracy among working families become appa...
I am hopeful that we will be able to increase the resources available for the EEE program.
I very much appreciate that President Obama includes financial literacy in his platform to help working families.
Should there be further legislation that would help the cause, we certainly want to consider that as well.
It is important that we continue to educate, protect, and empower consumers.
Thank you very much, Mr. Duvall.
The passage of S. 407, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009, is critical.
Without an annual COLA increase, these veterans and their families would see the value of their hard-earned benefits slowly diminish.
VA supports a cost-of-living adjustment of this nature.
This would provide them with the financial tools to arrange whatever services they need to live in their own homes.
This bill will also allow military spouses the flexibility to hold property in their own names, something the rest of us probably take for g...
The legislation before us focuses on providing assistance to veterans disabled while serving their country.
I hope this would help injured servicemembers experience a more seamless transition from active duty to civilian life.
It stands to reason--and I believe it happens in practice--that an active duty servicemember who enters the service in New York and is first...
I look forward to working with you and the Members of this Committee to advance legislation that will help improve the lives of servicemembe...
S. 475, if enacted, would place a spouse in a more advantageous position to servicemembers on the question of payment of state taxes.
Ultimately, the concern would be that the most favorable situation be created for the overall family.
