At your confirmation hearing last year, you pledged, ‘We’re not going to balance budgets on the back of veterans’ benefits.’ We urge you to honor that commitment by abandoning these proposals and to further reject any legislation that would permanently cut off these benefits to veterans.
Chris Murphy: “At your confirmation hearing last year, you pledged, ‘We’re not going to balance budgets on the back of veterans’…”
On the recordJuly 3, 2026
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Calling on VA Secretary to honor commitment to veterans
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