The most recent data indicates that 10,000 of these veterans are from the Iraq and Afghanistan war. These are young people coming back who have served their country, and they deserve to have these vouchers if they need them. And we should restore this program.
The speaker is advocating for the restoration of a program providing vouchers to veterans.
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