WASHINGTON, June 23 -- 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, today led 46 of his Democratic colleagues in opposing cuts to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits for disabled veterans who suffer from sleep apnea and tinnitus, as proposed by a draft VA rule and the Take Care of America's Veterans Act (https://www.veterans.senate.gov/services/files/2E1D083D-BFDB-46BB-BBA4-7F2C92D4CBA1).
In a letter (https://www.veterans.senate.gov/services/files/E9514B40-7840-4462-BC25-0DF5B27E0D8F) to VA Secretary Doug Collins, the Senators condemned a proposed reduction in benefits for more than one million veterans sufferi...