Bruce L. Braley

the purpose behind this legislation I have introduced is to stand up for veterans, disabled veterans, and make sure they are getting protections in the workplace that they have earned with their blood.

We absolutely support your bill and we absolutely support the intent of what you are trying to do because this is a major problem for our veterans.

It is time to remedy this inequity.

the same issues that faced my father and that 88-year-old veteran when they came home from World War II are facing today's veterans.

While we have a responsibility to address this at the Federal level, there is nothing preventing states from taking action on their own to do the right thing by veterans.

I would challenge the Department of Defense to audit the data base the Military Times currently has with 13,500 DSC recipients, 7,000 Navy Cross recipients, 194 Air Force Cross recipients and fewer than 3,500 Medals of Honor and find that…

I was actually at Walter Reed this morning talking to a young Marine from my district who had both of his legs blown off in Afghanistan and is back for revision surgery.

Yet, sadly when you have a unit that had served the longest combat deployment in Iraq and they come home and somebody at the Pentagon cuts their orders short by one, two, three, four, or five days, so they are ineligible for a $250 a month…

I urge the White House to release the study.

It is estimated that approximately one out of every four combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are out of work. That's unacceptable.

I think we can solve a lot of these problems, but we have to put our heads together.

And if we have people like Nathan Rose out on our front lines protecting us, then we have a solemn duty to them to do everything we can by not just slapping them on the back and telling them good job but actually helping them find a good…

Rarely has our country asked citizen soldiers to shoulder so much of the burden of war.

One of the things we kept hearing was the need to help servicemembers translate their military skills to the civilian jobs.

This interagency program will help change the lives of 99,000 unemployed veterans.

I am pleased that the Vow Act includes tax incentives for hiring veterans that I have been pushing all year.

I am very proud to have worked with this Committee to pass the Vow to Hire Heroes Act

I'm very proud to have worked with this Committee to pass the Vow to Hire Heroes Act.

I introduced the Combat Veterans Back to Work Act, which provided tax incentives to employers to hire veterans

I believe that unless we remedy these concerns, the same problems that have haunted the VA's verification program will remain.

I come from a state that has no military bases, so most Iowan's contact with the sacrifices being made on our behalf comes through the Iowa National Guard.

the best way I know of to thank a veteran is hire a veteran.

It seems to me we need to do a better job of helping business owners identify resources to help them fulfill the mission that brings us all here today.

the statistics the Chairman cited are totally unacceptable. When one out of every four returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are out of work, that is a shameful legacy for this country.

What I'm hearing here is we almost need a service corps of retired veterans who can help mentor other people, business owners, people wanting to start a small business, and share experiences of making this transition and doing it…