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Four New Mexican senators and congressmen have our vets' backs
By George A Peknik
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The two Senators and two House Representatives from New Mexico are listening carefully to their constituents on that issue and voting for bills that call for more support of both our Wounded and Unwounded Warriors.
Unlike most of the other political issues that New Mexicans are battling over such as immigration, the national debt, tax reform, and same sex marriage, the issue of whether or not we should support the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans stands alone as the issue that almost 100% of all Albuquerqueans and New Mexicans agree on. The answer is YES, and God, Deo, and the Great Spirit are thanked everyday by New Mexicans because the two Senators and two House Representatives from New Mexico are listening carefully to their constituents on that issue and voting for bills that call for more support of both our Wounded and Unwounded Warriors. Let’s have a look at what they are doing.
Both of New Mexico’s senators Senator TOM S. UDALL and Senator JEFF BINGAMAN have voted consistently in favor of our veterans:
Representative MARTIN HEINRICH (Representing New Mexico’s First Congressional District)
- He wrote and made available a very useful resource guide for veterans and their families.
- Last April, he sent a letter to the President saying, “It's time we start bringing our troops home.”
- He voted for the Veterans’ Benefits bill on July 19, which, although defeated, was to protect veterans’ benefits from the $5.8 trillion in ten-year spending cuts required by an earlier bill.
- He introduced theJobs for Veterans Act of 2011.
- In June, 2010, he visited the troops in Afghanistan “to talk with the brave service members and civilians from New Mexico who are serving in Afghanistan.”
- On October 8, 2010, he announced a grant of $185,250 to the YWCA Middle Rio Grande to provide transitional housing for homeless women veterans and their children.
- In 2009, he supported the interests of the Fleet Reserve Association 100 percent, as well as those of the Military Officers Association of America 100 percent in 2009.
- He received an A from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in 2010.
- He supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans100 percent in 2009.
Representative BEN LUJAN, JR. (Representing New Mexico’s Third Congressional District)
- He voted for the Veterans’ Benefits bill on July 19, which, although defeated, was to protect veterans’ benefits from the $5.8 trillion in ten-year spending cuts required by an earlier bill.
- He helped the Veterans Call Center to Help Veterans readjust to civilian life get off the ground.
- On September 8, 2010, he hosted a forum on PTSD (along with TBI, one of the “invisible wounds of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars) in Rio Rancho.
- On July 29, 2010, he voted to improve veterans’ services.
- In 2009, he supported the interests of the Fleet Reserve Association 100 percent, as well as those of the Military Officers Association of America 100 percent in 2009.
- He received an A from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in 2010.
- He supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans-100 percent in 2009.
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