U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant

Veterans

Veterans are owed our utmost respect and deserve to be taken care of. Although we may never be able to thank them enough for their service, providing excellent health care for our veterans is a good place to start. It is our duty to protect those who never failed in their duty to protect us. I have voted for measures that would ease the transition of veterans out of military service and assist those interested in finding a job or beginning a college education. By creating small business opportunities for veterans, we have established a three-percent annual government-wide goal in federal contracting and subcontracting for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. Veterans and service members can now use VA education benefits to attend non-degree/non-credit entrepreneurship courses and compete for federal contracts through new set aside grants.

Related bills I am cosponsoring in the 111th Congress:

H.R. 1209 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act

H.R. 1305 Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act

H.R. 1818 Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act

H.R. 2014 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Air Force Service Pilots

H.R. 2632 Korean War Veterans Recognition Act

H.R. 3942 Veterans Health Care Stamp Act

H.R. 4088 Hood Families Benefits Protection Act

H.R. 4234 Korean War 60th Anniversary Commemoration Act

H.R. 4764 Military Spouses Employment Act

H.R. 5371 William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act

H.Res. 111 Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs

H.Res. 249 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Veterans Affairs should take full responsibility for financing the health care benefits earned by veterans with service-connected disabilities