Charles B. Rangel Quotes

I want people to take the initiative to find veterans that need help, veterans that are suffering and in need of assistance reintegrating from combat back into society, into normal family lives and jobs. We need to take a real 'boots on the ground' approach to helping veterans in need.

Veteran causes are an extremely important issue, especially the transition from military to civilian life.

We need to take care of our veterans. If I'm going to send you away and break you, I'm going to fix you when you come home.

It is essential that we provide the best possible care for our wounded and disabled veterans.

Our nation has kept faith with its veterans. Funding for veterans healthcare and benefits is strong, and has increased more than 75 percent in the last decade.

Our greatest privilege and responsibility as leaders of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is to provide our veterans with a system that cares for their wounds and ensures that they have an opportunity to succeed.

Taking care of our veterans is one of my top priorities, and I am especially concerned on behalf of our women veterans.

It is also our responsibility to fulfill our promises to our veterans, to help those in need, and to support their strength and resilience. Ensuring that we take care of them and their families is a responsibility entrusted to all of us.

Our veterans, and especially our women veterans, need our support and the support of one another.

I try to stay involved with veterans' issues. I work with some veterans charities.

We must make sure that all of our returning servicemembers are honored and taken care of, no matter the wounds they bear.

The first responsibility that we have to our veterans is to make sure those that need urgent care are getting care on time.

We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.

When they return home from serving our country, our National Guard and Reserve members shouldn't have to be confronted with red tape in order to access the benefits they've earned fighting for our country.

For many of the brave men and women who have fought on the front lines, returning home means trying to navigate a complicated and bureaucratic Veterans Administration benefits system.

I cannot say how touched and impressed I have been by the sight of these noble brave, and so sadly wounded men and how anxious I feel to be of use to them, and to try and get some employment for those who are maimed for life. Those who are discharged will receive very small pensions but not sufficient to live upon.

When is not a good time to speak up for our vets and support them in any way that we can?

Many veterans in Mississippi struggle with the bureaucratic process of the Veterans Administration.

We have a moral responsibility to help veterans avoid homelessness and displacement.

Congress has an obligation to ease the challenges our veterans face when they come home and return to civilian life.

I had met many wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center when I was researching my 2009 novel 'The Turnaround,' and I continue to be very interested in how returning servicemen and women deal with their new lives back home and how they're treated by America.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to return to the Veterans' Affairs Committee and continue working to ensure that every veteran in America gets the care, support and opportunities they've earned.

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

The military community in particular, I think, could always be more supported, especially people who are being processed out of the military and trying to readjust to being civilians.

I think our veterans certainly deserve and have earned the best health care in the world.