Ann Kirkpatrick: “Today, I rise in support of H.R. 570, the American Heroes Cola Act. I am proud to cosponsor this bipartisan bill because…”

“Today, I rise in support of H.R. 570, the American Heroes Cola Act. I am proud to cosponsor this bipartisan bill because it helps our Nation's veterans. More specifically, it helps veterans with service-related disabilities. H.R. 570 would make their annual cost-of-living adjustments automatic for their disability compensation. Making this process automatic would finally allow veterans to count on their cost of living adjustment every year instead of waiting around on Congress. I thank my colleagues from both sides of the aisle--Mr. Runyon and Ms. Titus--for introducing this bill. Helping our veterans isn't a partisan issue--it's a national responsibility. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Miller) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 570, as amended. The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed. The title was amended so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.''. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________”