Chairman Bost's Efforts to Protect Veterans' Constitutional Rights Passes Senate with Bipartisan Support

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"Until today, a veteran who needs help managing their finances couldn't go deer hunting with their son because VA would automatically send their name to the FBI's NICS list, taking away their 2nd Amendment right without due process. That is wrong, and it's taken over 30 years for Congress to fix it. Which is why one of my top priorities as Chairman has been to end this discriminatory practice that takes away a constitutional right. I've heard firsthand from my fellow veterans that this policy has prevented them from seeking the care and services they have earned at VA and that is not right. Earlier this year, my amendment to stop this practice passed the House with bipartisan support. Today, the Senate joined us in that effort and stood up for these men and women to end VA's ability to take away their constitutional rights simply because a veteran has a fiduciary. I want to thank Senators Kennedy and Moran, and the numerous veteran service organizations who sounded the alarm on this policy's negative impact on their veteran members for joining me in this fight. I look forward to the enactment of this commonsense amendment in the final version of the MilCon/VA Appropriations Act."

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