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Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Act

Floor Speech

By: Mike Bost
By: Mike Bost
Date: May 17, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Veterans Housing and Property

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 240, the Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Act.

This legislation would direct the Secretary of Labor to prioritize homeless veterans with dependents when administering homeless reintegration programs.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released 2020's Point-in-Time count for homeless veterans. This count showed that on a single night in 2020, there were 37,252 veterans living on the street. This is a slight increase of 0.4 percent from 2019.

With COVID-19 impacting the economy and increasing unemployment, we must do everything we can to help our homeless veterans find work.

By passing this bill to prioritize job training for homeless veterans with dependents, we are ensuring this vulnerable population is at the front of the line for help.

I thank Congresswoman Brownley for her hard work on drafting this bill, and I am proud to support it today.

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