November 11, 2022
Happy Veterans Day!
Today is a day of celebration – a day to properly honor the service of veterans from all walks of life who defended our country and our democracy.
I want to say thank you to all the veterans who stepped forward to serve their communities.
Our country’s strength has always been through our diversity, and our veteran population is no exception. Our veterans – each with unique backgrounds and upbringings – are all unified by the same sense of duty and patriotism to serve the country they and their families call home.
The best way we can honor this service to our country is through action—and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has been working hard to do that.
This year, we passed bills that helped ensure every day in uniform counts toward GI Bill benefits, reduce veteran suicide, strengthen oversight of VA programs, and finally honor our pact with veterans living with the effects of toxic exposure.
This summer, President Biden signed my Honoring our PACT Act into law. This comprehensive bill that upholds the promise we make to veterans that we will take care of them when they return home. After decades of struggle, the nearly 3.5 million toxic-exposed veterans will finally get the benefits and care they deserve. By signing this bill into law, the United States is sending a strong message to all current and future veterans that the United States will take care of them – and pay for that care – when they come home.
The Committee has also been laser-focused on defending the reproductive rights of women veterans. Women veterans have courageously served this country. It is past time for us to do right by their service. They fought for our freedom, and they too deserve freedom: freedom to choose, freedom to privacy, and freedom to access the comprehensive health care they deserve.
This Committee will never relent in its duty to serve veterans and their families – and we will continue to back up our “thank you’s” with action.
We have worked to honor our veterans and their families with meaningful solutions to the issues they face on a day-to-day basis.
Today, let us celebrate all who have served our nation.
Happy Veterans Day.
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Chairman Takano on Veterans Day: “This Committee will never relent in its duty to serve veterans and their families”
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Daniel Santa Cruz (202) 603-1929
RIVERSIDE, CA — Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) released the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day:
Click here to watch Chairman Takano's Veterans Day message.
Happy Veterans Day!
Today is a day of celebration – a day to properly honor the service of veterans from all walks of life who defended our country and our democracy.
I want to say thank you to all the veterans who stepped forward to serve their communities.
Our country’s strength has always been through our diversity, and our veteran population is no exception. Our veterans – each with unique backgrounds and upbringings – are all unified by the same sense of duty and patriotism to serve the country they and their families call home.
The best way we can honor this service to our country is through action—and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has been working hard to do that.
This year, we passed bills that helped ensure every day in uniform counts toward GI Bill benefits, reduce veteran suicide, strengthen oversight of VA programs, and finally honor our pact with veterans living with the effects of toxic exposure.
This summer, President Biden signed my Honoring our PACT Act into law. This comprehensive bill that upholds the promise we make to veterans that we will take care of them when they return home. After decades of struggle, the nearly 3.5 million toxic-exposed veterans will finally get the benefits and care they deserve. By signing this bill into law, the United States is sending a strong message to all current and future veterans that the United States will take care of them – and pay for that care – when they come home.
The Committee has also been laser-focused on defending the reproductive rights of women veterans. Women veterans have courageously served this country. It is past time for us to do right by their service. They fought for our freedom, and they too deserve freedom: freedom to choose, freedom to privacy, and freedom to access the comprehensive health care they deserve.
This Committee will never relent in its duty to serve veterans and their families – and we will continue to back up our “thank you’s” with action.
We have worked to honor our veterans and their families with meaningful solutions to the issues they face on a day-to-day basis.
Today, let us celebrate all who have served our nation.
Happy Veterans Day.
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