John Delaney Quotes

There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.

America's disabled veterans answered our country's call, and when their time in uniform is done, our country must stand with them.

The FREED Vets Act will make student debt forgiveness for eligible disabled veterans automatic, both now and in the future.

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served.

I have veterans in my family. But I didn't know anything about DAV, Disabled American Veterans.

Disabled veterans are not a bargaining chip.

Last month, the House of Representatives passed the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act, which would provide training and assistance to unemployed veterans, and break down bureaucratic barriers preventing them from finding work. It's smart legislation that members of both parties support, and I'm pleased the Senate passed it.

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

It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.

In a market economy, the right to seek employment is fundamental … the issue goes beyond economy. It’s an issue of human rights.

As a country, we must come together to provide the training, certifications, and jobs that our veterans have earned and deserve.

The United States is one of the few nations on the planet where paid family and medical leave or earned sick time is not the law of the land.

Our disabled veterans earned their benefits by serving our great nation, and we must protect them and their families, especially during financial hardship.

I introduced the FREED Vets Act to make student debt forgiveness for disabled veterans automatic, both now and in the future, regardless of who is in the White House.

Not a single disabled veteran in America should be forced to live under the weight of student debt, and they shouldn't have to file paperwork or cut through red tape to get the relief they earned through their sacrifices for this country.

I am proud our government has passed a law that ensures priority hiring of Veterans, as I advocated for this, and spoke about it in the House of Commons.

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.

I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us.

Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens.

Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours.

There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.

I think for the wounded, ill and injured warriors, they need the best possible care that we can give them - a continuum of care that not only started on the battlefield and extended all the way to the wonderful medical facilities that we have here in the United States - but beyond.

I was counsel on the full veterans committee, the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full-committee counsel in Congress. It stunned me that there was a 600,000-case backlog of claims. During my time in the Senate, it became 900,000.

Thou shalt not take thy neighbor’s job.

Work is a right, which is ensured to be available for every able citizen.