Passage of Elizabeth Dole Veterans Package Means Long-Awaited Bill Heads to President Biden for his Signature

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
December 16, 2024
CONTACT: press@iava.org

Washington, DC – The following is a statement from the CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Allison Jaslow, on the bipartisan passage of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act in the U.S. Senate today: 

“Despite the divisive time we’re living in, and despite a divided Congress, it’s good to see that our elected leaders can still come together to get the backs of our nation’s veterans and their caregivers,” said IAVA CEO and Iraq War veteran Allison Jaslow. “Partisan politics almost imperiled the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, but in the end, our elected leaders in Washington did right by America’s veterans and passed this important piece of legislation in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion. We look forward to President Biden now signing it into law.”

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the leading voice of the Post-9/11 generation of American veterans. We represent over 425,000 members, and our best-in-class, non-partisan advocacy on behalf of the post-9/11 generation of veterans has chalked up big wins for our community – and America – for 20 years and counting.

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