As the cost of daily expenses continue to rise, so, too, should the well-deserved benefits earned by our nation’s veterans, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders stated. The freeholders have called on the state’s senators to support a federal bill that would increase veterans’ disability benefits as well as dependency compensation for their surviving children and spouses.
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| Photo via Navair Freeholder Deputy Director Gerry P. Little is a former U.S. marine. |
“Many of our veterans have sacrificed everything to keep our nation safe,” said Freeholder Deputy Director Gerry P. Little. “It’s time for Congress to take a stand and make sure our returning veterans and their families receive all of the benefits that they have so justly earned.”
The freeholders asked Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker to support the bill, which was recently introduced on Capitol Hill. The proposed cost-of-living increases would equal the amount given to Social Security recipients.
“Ocean County is home to more veterans than any other county in New Jersey,” Little said. “It is important to our veterans, and to veterans throughout our nation, that this important legislation is quickly signed into law.”
Little, who also serves as liaison to the Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau, said veterans face a variety of problems when they return home.
“Our brave men and women must know that their country will be there for them, as they were there for their country,” he said.
— Kelley Anne Essinger
This article was published in The SandPaper.
This article was published in The SandPaper.
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