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Byron Dorgan: “When someone works 20 years in the military for this country and then retires and earns a retirement pay, if during that…”

On the recordMay 20, 2003
When someone works 20 years in the military for this country and then retires and earns a retirement pay, if during that time they were disabled, what our current law says, in most cases--not all, but in most cases--is that you are not going to be able to collect your disability and your retirement; concurrent receipt is prohibited. That is wrong. We ought to change that. Most of us know we ought to change that. The place to change that is on the Defense authorization bill.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the issue of concurrent receipt for disabled military retirees during Senate floor debate.

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