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WASHINGTON, June 20, 2007 – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is hailing last Thursday’s House of Representatives vote as a landmark decision that follows through on campaign promises to boost Department of Veterans Affairs funding. VFW Commander-in-Chief Gary Kurpius is now calling for the Senate to act quickly so that a consolidated bill can be sent to President Bush before the federal government’s new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
“This is an unprecedented budget that will enable the VA to better plan and care for our wounded veterans of past, present and future,” exclaimed Kurpius, a Vietnam veteran from Anchorage, Alaska, who in February had also praised the president’s fiscal 2008 budget request of $87 billion as an excellent first step for America’s veterans. |
