Political Quotes

“today, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I am proud to introduce the GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012. My colleagues, including my fellow Veterans' Affairs Committee Members Senators Akaka, Begich, Brown of Ohio and Rockefeller, and my Senate colleagues Senators Coons, Harkin, Inouye, Leahy, and Whitehouse, join me in introducing this important legislation. I appreciate their continued support of our Nation's veterans. With the end of the war in Iraq and the drawdown in Afghanistan, more servicemembers are separating from the military to start their civilian careers. When my father came home from war, the GI Bill helped him go to college. He used that education to get a job, one that gave him pride. That's the opportunity we must provide those returning from today's wars. America's investment in its newest generation of veterans is tremendous. In 2012, over 590,000 servicemembers, veterans, and other beneficiaries are expected to enroll in educational institutions using the Post-9/11 GI Bill. VA is expected to spend over $9 billion dollars in 2012 on Post-9/11 GI Bill payments and over $2 billion for the nearly 400,000 beneficiaries of the VA's other education programs. Despite this level of support, those returning from today's wars are unable to use VA educational benefits to their full potential. Today, that ends.…”