WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (R-MT) and Jim Banks (R-IN)-all members of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC)-introduced bipartisan legislation to make it easier for rural Veterans to buy homes by modernizing the VA home appraisal program. The Senators' bipartisan VA Appraisal Modernization Act would improve Veterans' and servicemembers' ability to successfully compete on the housing market by cutting red tape that often leaves them at a disadvantage. Specifically, the bill would increase the supply of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home appraisers to streamline and cut down t...