Patty Murray actually said...

"I am going to continue to make sure that this Committee does all it can to ensure that our veterans receive the benefits and services they have earned through their service to this Nation."

"This legislation will help us rethink the way we support our servicemembers as they return home and search for living-wage jobs."

"For too long we have been investing billions of dollars in training our young men and women to protect our Nation, only to ignore them when they come home."

"Our hands-off approach has left us now with an unemployment rate in February of over 27 percent among young veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan."