WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
Today, Republican leadership blocked Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal's (D-CT) attempt to pass an amended version of the Take Care of America's Veterans Act. Blumenthal's legislation would replace the controversial Republican proposal to cut veterans' benefits with an alternative proposal (https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-blumenthal-rep-takano-congress-fund-veterans-care-without-taking-benefits-disabled-heroes) to cover the costs of the legislation with a small portion of the $75 billion in unobligated and unspent funds appropriated to the Department of Defense in H.R. 1.
Blumenthal emphasized his proposal's bi...