U.S. Senate Adjourns Without Passing Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
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Title:
U.S. Senate Adjourns Without Passing Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
Creator:
NAAOP
Date:
12/27/2010
Text:
The U.S. Senate adjourned on December 22, 2010, marking the end of the 111th
Congress. Left on the table without action was H.R. 5428, the Injured and
Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. After passage of this bill earlier this
month by the House of Representatives, NAAOP embarked upon a major effort to
get the Senate to pass the bill. Many other O&P organizations and
individuals assisted NAAOP in this effort. But time simply ran out before
concerns raised by the Department of Veterans Affairs could be resolved.
There is bipartisan support in both the House and Senate for addressing the
problems this bill seeks to address and NAAOP has secured commitments from
key Members of Congress and their staff to continue working on this issue in
the 112th Congress. The chief sponsor of the bill, Congressman Filner
(D-CA), will no longer be Chairman of the House VA Committee, but he will
remain as the Ranking Minority Member of the committee. The Republican staff
on the VA Committee has expressed interest in continuing to find a way to
address the needs of injured and amputee veterans in the next Congress which
begins on January 6th, 2011.
NAAOP would like to take this opportunity to thank the many individuals and
organizations in the O&P community, including ACA, the Academy, AOPA, ABC,
BOC and many members of the O&P community. NAAOP would also like to offer a
special thanks to Hanger for its strong financial and other support through
this process.
Happy Holidays and we will live to fight another day on this important
issue.
Thomas Guth, CP
President
George W. Breece
Executive Director
Peter W. Thomas
General Counsel
Visit our website:
www.naaop.org
Congress. Left on the table without action was H.R. 5428, the Injured and
Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. After passage of this bill earlier this
month by the House of Representatives, NAAOP embarked upon a major effort to
get the Senate to pass the bill. Many other O&P organizations and
individuals assisted NAAOP in this effort. But time simply ran out before
concerns raised by the Department of Veterans Affairs could be resolved.
There is bipartisan support in both the House and Senate for addressing the
problems this bill seeks to address and NAAOP has secured commitments from
key Members of Congress and their staff to continue working on this issue in
the 112th Congress. The chief sponsor of the bill, Congressman Filner
(D-CA), will no longer be Chairman of the House VA Committee, but he will
remain as the Ranking Minority Member of the committee. The Republican staff
on the VA Committee has expressed interest in continuing to find a way to
address the needs of injured and amputee veterans in the next Congress which
begins on January 6th, 2011.
NAAOP would like to take this opportunity to thank the many individuals and
organizations in the O&P community, including ACA, the Academy, AOPA, ABC,
BOC and many members of the O&P community. NAAOP would also like to offer a
special thanks to Hanger for its strong financial and other support through
this process.
Happy Holidays and we will live to fight another day on this important
issue.
Thomas Guth, CP
President
George W. Breece
Executive Director
Peter W. Thomas
General Counsel
Visit our website:
www.naaop.org
Citation
NAAOP, “U.S. Senate Adjourns Without Passing Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed December 28, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/232143.
