VetsFirst, strongly supports the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service (VETS) Dogs Act (H.R. 1154).

We understand that Congressman Grimm has identified possible offset funding for this important legislation.

I disagree with the VFW because it is a pilot program. Ultimately, I think that this pilot will be very successful.

It was these personal accounts of their recovery, both physical and mental, and the important role therapy and service dogs played that inspired my role in this legislation.

Clearly, this legislation has brought together a number of unlikely allies in support of our Nation's veterans.

My experience so far has been that, amazingly, the work with these animals, with these dogs, has helped already a very, very wide spectrum of cases.

Today, over 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans have returned home to the challenge of an unemployment rate hovering near 10 percent.

As a Marine Combat Veteran of Operation Desert Storm it is a unique honor for me to address this Committee.

As a Marine combat veteran, it is a unique honor for me to address this Committee.

Today, over two million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have returned home to the challenge of an unemployment rate hovering near 10 percent.

The 'Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act' would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a 5-year pilot program.