https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/content/view/446/1076/
HELP PASS LEGISLATION TO ASSIST OUR MOST SEVERELY WOUNDED WARRIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES TODAY!!!
Background: WWP’s top priority this year is for Congress to pass legislation to establish a national program to train and provide ongoing support and a modest allowance to family caregivers of our most severely wounded warriors. The Senate bill (S. 801) won committee support and could come to a full Senate vote in the coming weeks. The House bill (H.R. 3155) was just passed unanimously out of committee and will be reported to the full House shortly. Both bills contain the needed elements for a coordinated, comprehensive national program; however, S. 801 covers the OIF/OEF families who need this help so desperately while the House bill still leaves many of these families without healthcare or a monthy allowance.
Action: We urge you to contact key Representatives and your individual Representative by:
- Calling their offices today, and again during Family-Caregiver National Call-In Week, July 20 through 24; AND
- Sending a letter to your Congress representative. You can use or adapt the text of a sample letter on our website at www.woundedwarriorproject.org/caregivers (you can also email the letter directly to your Congress representative via this link).
Calling Your Representative:
- Call Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA), Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs at (202) 225-8045 and using the Talking Points below, ask that Chairman Filner ensures that family caregiver COMPENSATION is included in the Caregiver Support legislation that will be approved by the Veterans Affairs Committee.
- Call Congressman Michael Michaud (D- ME), Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health at (202) 225-6306 and using the Talking Points, below, ask that Representative Michaud ensures that family caregiver COMPENSATION is included in the Caregiver Support legislation that will be approved by the Veterans Affairs Committee.
- Find your Representative by zip code: http://www.house.gov/zip/ZIP2Rep.html.
- Call the US Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121, and ask to speak with your Representative’s office.
- Using the Talking Points, below, ask that the Representative to co-sponsor HR 2342.
