Monday, August 25, 2003
DAV News Release!
I'm a member of DAV, and am very happy to see this DAV news release - I should explain that they have a jpg of elephants, yes, Republican elephants charging over the words: "Stampeding Veterans' Benefits", holding flags with the dollar sign and dollar bills. Worth a thousand words! If you want the jpg, email me! Here's what the DAV has to say about Republicans cheating veterans:
For Immediate Release: August 15, 2003
Contact: David Autry: (504) 586-4668
NEW ORLEANS, August 15--“America’s sick and disabled veterans have been left in the dust as a thundering herd of political power brokers gather in New Orleans to fill their war chests for the upcoming elections,” said David W. Gorman, Washington Headquarters Executive Director of the Disabled American Veterans.
Speaking at a news conference at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Gorman said our elected officials have “put politics above our nation’s veterans.”
The federal budget has under funded the veterans health care system for decades, a trend that continues under the Bush Administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, Gorman noted.
Legislation funding the Department of Veterans Affairs that recently passed the House of Representatives is woefully short of what is needed to meet the health care needs of America’s sick and disabled veterans, Gorman said. “That is some $2 billion less than agreed to in the congressional budget resolution adopted earlier this year by the House and Senate. We were given assurances by House Republican leaders that veterans health care for the coming year would be increased by $1.8 billion dollars over the current level, and America’s veterans feel betrayed.”
“The DAV demands that the administration and Congress make veterans a national priority. Veterans should not have to wait 6 months or longer for a doctor’s appointment because the VA does not have the resources it needs for veterans health care,” Gorman said.
In addition to the news conference, disabled veterans will gather to hand out informative flyers later in the evening as the Republican Party elite attend their “Stampede to Victory” at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, 739 Canal Street at Bourbon.
For Immediate Release: August 15, 2003
Contact: David Autry: (504) 586-4668
NEW ORLEANS, August 15--“America’s sick and disabled veterans have been left in the dust as a thundering herd of political power brokers gather in New Orleans to fill their war chests for the upcoming elections,” said David W. Gorman, Washington Headquarters Executive Director of the Disabled American Veterans.
Speaking at a news conference at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Gorman said our elected officials have “put politics above our nation’s veterans.”
The federal budget has under funded the veterans health care system for decades, a trend that continues under the Bush Administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, Gorman noted.
Legislation funding the Department of Veterans Affairs that recently passed the House of Representatives is woefully short of what is needed to meet the health care needs of America’s sick and disabled veterans, Gorman said. “That is some $2 billion less than agreed to in the congressional budget resolution adopted earlier this year by the House and Senate. We were given assurances by House Republican leaders that veterans health care for the coming year would be increased by $1.8 billion dollars over the current level, and America’s veterans feel betrayed.”
“The DAV demands that the administration and Congress make veterans a national priority. Veterans should not have to wait 6 months or longer for a doctor’s appointment because the VA does not have the resources it needs for veterans health care,” Gorman said.
In addition to the news conference, disabled veterans will gather to hand out informative flyers later in the evening as the Republican Party elite attend their “Stampede to Victory” at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, 739 Canal Street at Bourbon.
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