Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Colonel Ben Margolius and Mr. Al Eaton, founders of the Southern Tier Veterans Support Group. Ben is a veteran of the Army, serving as the chief of joint operations for the U.S. Transportation Command and holding leadership positions at USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, and USTRANSCOM. Al is a veteran of the Navy and, like my son, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, having served as a naval flight officer on P-3 Orions, performing antisubmarine warfare and surface surveillance missions. After their military service, Ben and Al saw a great need to provide help to veterans where other agencies could not. This started informally, with Ben and Al getting donations and support where they could, until the Southern Tier Veterans Support Group was formed officially in August of 2011. Today, Ben and Al's work has brought over 70 community partners together to assist veterans and their families, with 425 veterans receiving $65,000 in assistance since 2016. Thank you, Ben and Al, for your service and for all that your organization has done to help our veterans. Go Navy. Go Army. ____________________”