Mike Michaud: “We have to change the way we think about outreach to veterans.”

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

And so our bill, the PAWS Act, takes these veterans, particularly the ones that have severe Post-Traumatic Stress, and authorizes a small amount of funding so that the VA can pair them with specially trained service dogs.

This has strong support from key veterans groups, like the VFW and The American Legion.

USERRA prohibits discrimination in employment based on an individual's prior service in the uniformed services, current service in the uniformed services, or intent to join the uniformed services.