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The Defense Spending Redistribution Act will collectively transfer $70. Billion from excessive military spending to veterans. Sen. Ron wyden: I believe that by putting their lives on the line, veterans should receive every benefit they have earned in service to our country. He says the proposed cuts to defense spending are cuts we can afford to make.
The Defense Spending Redistribution Act will collectively transfer $70. Billion from excessive military spending to veterans. Sen. Ron wyden: I believe that by putting their lives on the line, veterans should receive every benefit they have earned in service to our country. He says the proposed cuts to defense spending are cuts we can afford to make.
The Defense Spending Redistribution Act will collectively transfer $70. Billion from excessive military spending to veterans. Sen. Ron wyden: I believe that by putting their lives on the line, veterans should receive every benefit they have earned in service to our country. He says the proposed cuts to defense spending are cuts we can afford to make.
I am the Oregon Democratic Senator and Ranking Member Ron Wyden.
I will be speaking on bill number 1-2015, the Defense Spending
Redistribution Act as part of the finance committee. Though defense is incredibly important to a nation as large and powerful as ours, anyone presented with the facts of excessive and unnecessary spending can see the defense budget can be altered in order to provide Americas veterans with the proper benefits. Many of the veterans Ive encountered, have volunteered their services time and time again, sacrificing years of their lives and sustaining serious injuries. We are indebted to these heroes a hundred times over, yet still they are forced to wait hours upon hours in hospital waiting rooms for care, stuck in underfunded programs as a result of poor Veterans Affairs legislation. The health care they receive must be second to none. These veterans thought they were done being treated like an enemy when they returned home, yet here we are, prioritizing UNREQUESTED combat equipment while we leave our nations heroes to rot in hospital waiting rooms. I have, in the past, done my very best to reward veterans. In August of 2014, I voted to pass the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act. This past February I helped pass the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for Americans Veteran Act. These actions were preceded by many more. The Defense Spending Redistribution Act will collectively transfer $70.4 billion from excessive military spending to Veterans, 8% of which will go to raising military wages. I believe that by putting their lives on the line, veterans should receive every benefit they have earned in service to our country. The proposed budget cuts to defense spending outlined in the bill are cuts we can afford to make. Not only are the cuts outlined in Sections 1,4, and 5 worth the veteran benefits, Section 2 will also help our nation in other ways. Section 2 proposes we Reclassify the 340,000 administration, communications, supply, and transportation jobs currently held by active military personnel to civilian positions. This would not only save us 37 billion dollars, but also provide our civilians with more jobs. I am fully in favor of this bill because it will not only improve the state of our veterans lifestyle after combat, it will decrease the unemployment rate of our nation, and it is a necessary change we can absolutely afford to make.