"I want to thank Mr. Flores for introducing HR 631, and which I have cosponsored."
"I support this bill and I am interested in making the optional tracks in the Transition Assistance Program mandatory."
"My legislation will give these veterans five additional years to receive this help."
"It is an important program to veteran students in my district and to thousands of others in schools across the country."
"If you keep treating the NG&R like this, you are going to make them a subclass, I call it a third-class citizen."
"The unemployment rate is higher for Guard and Reserve veterans than for active duty veterans."
"Are you suggesting that somehow we incentivize small businesses by actually covering the cost of that health insurance?"
"These veterans need assistance navigating the education, training, and job opportunities available to them so they can reintegrate better into society."
"You know, when I was a little boy, I remember the National Guard being the place where people went to avoid situations where they would actually be called up..."
"So roughly 20 percent unemployment?"
"I hope this hearing will help us understand how these servicemembers are performing in the job market."