by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2015 | Legislative, National
On March 24, 2015, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina introduced H.R. 1594, a bill to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans Dependency and...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 3, 2015 | Legislative
On Wednesday, March 25th, the association’s Legislative Director, Scott Bousum, testified on behalf of EANGUS to members of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee. He was joined at the witness table by: Brendon Gehrke (VFW), Mike Hayden (MOAA), Chris...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 1, 2015 | Legislative
On January 13, 2015, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL) introduced H.R. 303, the Retired Pay Restoration Act. This bill would end the unfair policy of forcing many military longevity retirees to forfeit some of their retired pay in order to receive equal amounts of disability...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2015 | Legislative
The Wall Street Journal lists five things to know about veterans seeking civilian employment. Although down somewhat, the jobless rate for Post-9/11 veterans is still higher than that among non-veteran civilians. The broader U.S. economy recovered all the jobs lost...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Mar 11, 2015 | Legislative
In early February DOD, through the President, presented their Fiscal 2016 budget to Congress. DOD requested a base budget of $534 billion, an increase of $38 billion from $496 billion in 2015. In addition to the base budget, DOD asked for money for war (called...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Mar 7, 2015 | Legislative
I am a firm believer in the following school of thought: If it is important, then you will pay attention to it. If it is not important, then you won’t. If you want it to be important to others, then let them know that you are paying attention to it. If they know...
