OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Default's Effects on Veterans

Floor Speech

Date: May 25, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, meet Celly, a constituent of mine living in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.

He is an Army veteran and a cancer survivor, and he has received 100 percent disabled veterans benefits due to his trauma as he was serving for us in the service. He is currently enrolled in a VA program to become a paralegal.

Celly called my office because he was worried. He was concerned that the veterans benefits that he relies upon could be snatched away by the Republican default. That is a real possibility.

His VA benefits cover his rent, his medication, and his treatments.

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