BILL REQ. #: H-1022.1
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/27/2005. Referred to Committee on State Government Operations & Accountability.
TO THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS:
We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully
represent and petition as follows:
WHEREAS, Members of the Reserves and National Guard who are called
to serve our nation in Afghanistan, Iraq, and during other hostilities
are making great sacrifices for our country; and
WHEREAS, There is no guarantee that Veterans of the Reserves and
National Guard will receive benefits under the Department of Veterans
Affairs for war-related health care problems after two years from their
date of discharge; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Veterans Affairs has offered two years
of coverage of war-related health care problems on behalf of members of
the Reserves and National Guard who serve during hostilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the
Department of Veterans Affairs provide a guarantee that these benefits
be made permanent.
BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
transmitted to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United
States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and each member of Congress from the State of
Washington, and the Secretary of the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs.