Veterans

There are currently 25 million veterans living in the United States. Approximately one-quarter of the U.S. population – as veterans, their spouses, or family members -- are eligible to receive Veteran’s Administration benefits – health care, educational, housing, or other services. Unfortunately, approximately twenty-two percent of America’s homeless are veterans; on any given night between 529,000 and 840,000 veterans are on the streets. Of these, the majority is educated and served their country honorably for at least three years.

As the daughter of a veteran, Congresswoman Lee is committed to ensuring that our veterans are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, and that our government honors their service and sacrifices not just in words, but in deeds.

She believes we must honor our moral obligation to our veterans and returning soldiers by providing the health care, pensions and benefits that they deserve. She has consistently fought to make sure that veterans get the health care, disability benefits and spousal benefits they earned and has worked to eliminate the back log of disability and other benefit claims that plague the system today.

Congresswoman Lee is a strong supporter of the GI Bill of Rights for the 21^st Century, a Democratic measure that makes healthcare accessible and affordable for our veterans, reduces waiting times on disability claims, ends the Disabled Veterans’ Tax and the Military Families Tax, and modernizes and enhances GI Bill education and job training programs.