Stephan James Quotes

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

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.

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.

Whenever I'm given a chance to support veterans' initiatives, I try to do that. Children and veterans - if they're involved, you can pretty much count me in.

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

Veterans Day is a time to reflect and renew our commitment to ensure our military heroes have the tools to reintegrate successfully back to civilian life.

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.

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.

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.

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

We've got to make sure our veteran, Democratic veterans are strengthened and feel like they are fully included.

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

Our veterans should never be penalized for injuries they sustained in service to our country.

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

Norman Hooten's dedication and commitment to serving his fellow veterans is what VA is all about.

Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.

Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.

Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of the common bond of why we call ourselves American is to care for the men and women who wear the uniform; and when they take off the uniform, we care for them when they are veterans.

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.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

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.

I think you hear a lot of people say 'I support the troops' and all of that, but I really feel deeply that I do.

Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give them what they need.

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.

Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have not lived up to this duty.