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On the recordJuly 3, 2026
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.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Calling on VA Secretary to honor commitment to veterans

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