Jon Runyan: “When the VA fails to provide this assistance, many veterans experience extreme financial hardship.”

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

My amendment states that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to propose, plan, or execute a new or an additional round of base realignment and closure, otherwise known as BRAC. We all recognize the budget pressures we…

This country owes an enormous debt of gratitude to those who have served and sacrificed and it is right and just to adequately provide for their on-going needs.

I hope that we can put to rest any notion that the Department of Defense is withholding information that could positively impact these veterans' claims.