Melissa
Hopefully though get through to Congress that changing the health plans that
are in effect now will hurt millions of people including several veterans and
their families
On Mar 20, 2017, at 5:45 PM, Marty Rimpau <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For Immediate Release
Contact: Stuart Nelson
March 20, 2017
Phone: 202-371-8880
Blinded Veterans To Present Annual Congressional Testimony
Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) National President Dale
Stamper will join representatives of seven other Military and Veterans
Service Organizations at the witness table at a joint hearing of the
House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees scheduled for March 22 in
the Nation’s Capital.
The annual hearing, originating this year from Room 50 of
the Dirksen Senate Office Building, will be streamed live at
veterans.senate.gov beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Stamper and officials from the Jewish War Veterans, Fleet
Reserve Association, Air Force Sergeants Association, Military Order of
the Purple Heart, American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization, The
Enlisted Association, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and
Military Officers Association of America will each outline their
respective organizations’ legislative priorities for the upcoming
fiscal year. Their oral testimony will be limited to approximately five
minutes.
A question and answer session moderated by Committee Chairmen Johnny
Isakson (R-GA) and Phil Roe (R-TN) and Ranking Members Jon Tester
(D-MT) and Tim Walz (D-MN) will follow the oral remarks.
In addition, each participating organization submitted in
advance for the Congressional Record a much longer and detailed written
testimony document that will be accessible at veterans.senate.gov soon
after the hearing.
Already in town for the Association’s annual early spring
meetings, the National Board of Directors will also attend the hearing.
Priorities for national legislation included in this year’s
BVA testimony are the modernization of the Department of Veterans
Affairs’ (VA) information technology and communications infrastructures
to become more accessible to veterans with vision loss. Also included
is a request for improved access to information about prescription
drugs for blinded veterans; funding for research into the prevention,
diagnosis, or treatment of penetrating eye blast injuries; and greater
oversight of efforts to more fully establish the joint VA-Department of
Defense Vision Center of Excellence.
Now in its 72nd year of service, BVA is the only Veterans
Service Organization chartered by the U.S. Congress (1958) to represent
the needs of blind and visually veterans. For more information about
BVA and its services, call toll-free 800-669-7079 or visit bva.org.
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