Pass a Veterans Jobs Bill

Floor Speech

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Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise on behalf of the
many Illinois veterans that I represent and their families to draw
attention to the high rate of veteran unemployment in America. After
fighting for our Nation, far too many military heroes are being forced
to fight for a job here at home.

Despite many veterans having the leadership skills and work ethic
that businesses are looking for, the unemployment rate for post-9/11
veterans is 6.9 percent, far higher than the national average of 5.6
percent.

I am committed to reducing veteran unemployment and helping our
heroes find quality work. Last week, I released an updated edition of
my veterans resource guidebook to help our veterans get the benefits
they have earned and employment resources to get them and their
families back in the workforce, but we need to do more.

I urge my colleagues to work with me to pass a veterans job bill to
put the half million unemployed veterans back to work.

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