WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, today introduced legislation (https://www.veterans.senate.gov/services/files/254FEFEB-F0FA-466C-A2A5-4B6134E4E1B0) to hold claims sharks and other predatory actors accountable for exploiting veterans' and survivors' earned benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The lawmakers' Stopping Abuse, Fraud, and Exploitation by Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (SAFEGUARD) Veterans Act wou...