Senator Coburn is thinking very carefully about our vets on this Veteran’s Day because several Veteran’s organizations are calling him and pleading with him to release his hold on SB 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009.
Any senator has a right to hold back legislation that has cleared committee but Coburn does it more often than any of the others.
In a letter sent Monday night to the Senate majority leader, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., 13 military and veterans groups asked the Senate to get on with it. They said “It is essential that Congress act on this comprehensive measure without further delay. Thousands of disabled veterans with serious medical conditions and the family members who care for them are counting on this additional support.”
Steve Robertson, of the The American Legion, said “delaying the bill hurts families caring for severely wounded combat veterans who would benefit from the stipends, health care, counseling and respite care that would be provided to caregivers in the bill. For a lot of family caregivers, delay is costing them their jobs and their savings.”
Sen. Richard Durbin, the Senate assistant majority leader, mentioned Coburn’s hold in a Tuesday floor speech. Sen Durbin asked “How much is a veteran’s life worth?”
I think passing the bill by Veterans Day would be a “fitting way” to honor veterans. Evidently, Coburn doesn’t agree.
Jo Davis,
Shawnee
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Senator Coburn is thinking very carefully about our vets on this Veteran’s Day because several Veteran’s organizations are calling him and pleading with him to release his hold on SB 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009.
Any senator has a right to hold back legislation that has cleared committee but Coburn does it more often than any of the others.
In a letter sent Monday night to the Senate majority leader, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., 13 military and veterans groups asked the Senate to get on with it. They said “It is essential that Congress act on this comprehensive measure without further delay. Thousands of disabled veterans with serious medical conditions and the family members who care for them are counting on this additional support.”
Steve Robertson, of the The American Legion, said “delaying the bill hurts families caring for severely wounded combat veterans who would benefit from the stipends, health care, counseling and respite care that would be provided to caregivers in the bill. For a lot of family caregivers, delay is costing them their jobs and their savings.”
Sen. Richard Durbin, the Senate assistant majority leader, mentioned Coburn’s hold in a Tuesday floor speech. Sen Durbin asked “How much is a veteran’s life worth?”
I think passing the bill by Veterans Day would be a “fitting way” to honor veterans. Evidently, Coburn doesn’t agree.
Jo Davis,
Shawnee
