Subject: DAV UPDATE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
March 5, 2008
Stand Up Date A Public Affairs Update from Disabled American Veterans.
• DAV on Capitol Hill. During its Mid-Winter Conference this week, DAV is
officially launching its nationwide Stand Up for Veterans initiative to educate
the public and members of Congress on the health care needs of veterans. As
part of this effort, hundreds of veterans were on Capitol Hill yesterday to meet
with their members of Congress and gather support for a national petition
urging the federal government to provide needed health care assistance to
disabled veterans. DAV’s national leadership also testified yesterday on
legislative priorities before a Joint Hearing of the House and Senate Veterans’
Affairs Committees. A link to the testimony is available here.
www.standup4vets.org
• Viral Video. DAV has produced its second video encouraging grassroots
constituencies to support legislation to meet the health care needs of our
veterans. The video can be viewed here. Feel free to share it with your
friends and colleagues.
• Web Site. DAV and Stand Up for Veterans has launched a new web site, at
www.standup4vets.org , which includes issue briefs, a virtual press room,
and personal stories that put a face on the health care needs of our veterans.
About the Stand Up For Veterans Initiative
"Stand Up For Veterans" is a new initiative of the Disabled American Veterans, an organization of 1.3 million disabled veterans who are focused on building better lives for disabled veterans and their families. The initiative seeks to find public policy solutions for all veterans, particularly those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, who have incurred devastating injuries and disabilities, including traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological wounds of war. Please visit www.standup4vets.org to learn more about this effort. Our veterans stood up for us. It's now time we stood up for veterans.
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