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Paul Tonko's Public Statements on Issue: Veterans

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (NY) - District 20

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Veterans

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05/26/2021 Letter to Hon. Charles Schumer, US Senate Majority Leader, and Hon. Addison Mitchell McConnell, US Senate Minority Leader - Chair Grijalva Leads Letter to Senate Urging Prompt Approval of House-Passed Bill to Protect U.S. Wilderness and Public Lands, Lessen Climate Impacts
04/03/2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Defazio Leads More than 120 Lawmakers in Urging Trump Administration to Automatically Send Relief Payments to Vulnerable Seniors, Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities
02/13/2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Takano, 77 Members Call on President Trump to Grant Relief to 190,000 Ill Veterans
06/10/2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Norcross, Brown Lead Bipartisan Letter Pushing Back Against Department Of Veterans Affairs' Union-Busting Efforts
03/25/2019 Letter to the Hon. Michael Shores, Director of the Office of Regulation Policy and Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs - Takano, Tester Take VA to Task over Proposed Access Standards
11/02/2018 Letter to The Honorable Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Address Student Veteran GI Bill Benefit Delays
10/01/2018 Letter to the Hon. Johnny Isakson, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs - Ranking Member Walz Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Senate Veterans Affairs Chairman To Advance Bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018
09/06/2018 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
01/09/2017 Letter to President-Elect Donald J. Trump - Reconsider Federal Hiring Freeze
03/18/2015 Letter to Charlie Dent, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Regulated Agencies, Sanford Bishop, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction - Funding for the President's budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research
07/25/2014 Letter to Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the Senate, and John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Congress Must Stay in Session Until VA Problems Addressed
06/25/2014 Letter to Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader Elect - Unemployment Insurance
06/20/2014 Letter to Sloan Gibson, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs - VA Care for Victims of Sexual Assault
06/20/2014 Letter to Slcan Gibson, Department of Veterans Affairs - Sexual Assault Claims
03/17/2014 Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, John Culberson, Pete Visclosky, Sanford Bishop - Increase Funding for Military and Veteran Suicide Prevention and Outreach Programs
03/06/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Don't Leave Jobless Veterans Behind
12/13/2013 Letter to Eric Shinseki, Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs - Veteran Military Sexual Trauma Survivors
09/23/2013 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Keep Veterans' Care Essential
05/28/2013 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - VA Disability Claims Backlog
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