BLUMENTHAL, SHEEHY INTRODUCE BILL TO EXTEND BENEFITS FOR MILITARY SURVIVORS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R-MT) are teaming up to introduce the GRACE for Military Survivors Act-bipartisan legislation that would provide military survivors more time to make informed financial decisions about their benefits without facing tax penalties.

"Military survivors who lose loved ones endure life-changing grief. We shouldn't force them to make important, long-term financial decisions about their survivors' benefits while also going through such unspeakable pain," said Senator Blumenthal. "Our commonsense bill will give...