Political Quotes

“today, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I am proud to introduce the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011. My colleagues, including Senators Murkowski, Leahy, Baucus, Rockefeller, Akaka, Boxer, Sanders, Brown of Ohio, Casey, Tester, Begich, Coons, and Brown of Massachusetts join me in introducing this important legislation. I appreciate their continued support of our Nation's veterans. I also want to thank the veterans service organizations and their representatives, who have supported this legislation, including Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Military Officers Association of America, The American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Today, we are taking a huge step forward in rethinking the way we treat our men and women in uniform after they leave the military. For too long in this country we have invested billions of dollars in training our young men and women with new skills to protect our nation, only to turn our backs once they have left the military. For too long, at the end of their career we patted these troops on the back for their service and then pushed them out into the job market alone. Where has that left us today? Today, we have an unemployment rate as high as 27 percent among young veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.…”