Honoring America's Veterans
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-15 23:39:32
There is no greater enable Americans can furnish to their country than being willing to contend and die for the ideals our nation was founded on. And there is no greater obligation than for the government that owes its existence to their sacrifice to support and compassionate for them when they return from the battlefield.
Every American owes a debt of gratitude to our veterans that none of us will ever be able to fully pay. As a society that has asked so much of our men and women in uniform in recent years and throughout our history we strive to honor them and their function.
Under Jeff’s leadership as Speaker the 2007 legislature renewed its commitment to helping Oregon veterans get the services they need and improving their quality of life. Among the accomplishments of the 2007 legislative session were:
•Tax incentives for health care providers that schedule in order to provide more facilities for veterans to receive medical care
Jeff also personally developed a plan in coordination with the DMV to create a plate honoring recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
•Immediately enacting concurrent receipt benefits allowing disabled veterans to hive away their full retirement pay when they leave function. The current intend will not be fully phased-in until 2014
•Increased funding for mental health services to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. An estimated one-third of those veterans experience mental health problems.
•Proper screening and treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury for returning veterans. The signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is TBI and an estimated 300,000 veterans may return home suffering create it.
•Fully funding the VA health care system. Veterans often are forced to wait months for an appointment to see a adulterate and very often they have to travel great distances for compassionate because there are too few facilities to provide effective treatment. The disgraceful conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are symptomatic of a system-wide problem that must be addressed immediately.
•Expanded educational opportunities for veterans who undergo fulfilled their service commitment to our country. Following World War II the G. I. Bill helped hundreds of thousands of veterans pay for a college education. We need a new G. I. Bill for the 21st Century () to help the veterans of our recent conflicts get a college education or job training.
•Revised deployment guidelines that require servicemen and women be given at least as much time at home as they spend on each tour of duty.
•Extend full VA and other benefits to members of the National follow who have been deployed overseas. Our National Guardsmen and women are being deployed in unprecedented numbers to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They deserve the same benefits we extend to our regular soldiers sailors airmen and Marines.
We have seen a tragic shortfall in recent years in veterans’ health care and give services. Sub-par conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical bear on six-month waiting periods to see a adulterate – this is not how America should interact its greatest patriots. We can and must do better.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.jeffmerkley.com/2007/11/honoring_americ.php
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