Letitia James Quotes

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

While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans.

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.

You can bet I will work with anyone in either party to fight for our veterans and their families, and I will make sure they get the attention and care they deserve.

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

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

While we can't begin to repay the debt we owe our veterans for their brave service, we can certainly take steps to ease the physical, psychological and financial hardships they may be experiencing.

However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.

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.

Respecting our veterans includes providing them the ways and means they so desperately need to reintegrate into our lives and serve us again as productive members of our civilian community.

Veterans should not have to fight for the benefits that they have already earned.

We must preserve not only the bodies of the unemployed from destitution but also their self-respect, their self-reliance, and courage and determination.

We need to ask questions about how we're going to give low-income kids who come from a broken home access to a loving home.

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.

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

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

Veterans should not lose the benefits they've earned through their service due to circumstances out of their control.

Caring for our nation's veterans and investing in Picatinny are some of my top priorities in Congress.

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.

Healing Advices for the Poor

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.

I am not looking for people to be more kind to the homeless; I want to put an end to homelessness.

What we need is a safety net that lifts people out of poverty - that helps them earn a good paycheck so they can support themselves.

Our veterans who fall on hard times and find themselves without a home deserve more than just handwringing or kind words. They deserve real help that gets them back on their feet.