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Titus Speaks in Support of the Veteran Access to Care Act

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June 10, 2014 Today Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 4810, the Veteran Access to Care Act. Below are her remarks:  “As a Member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, I rise in support of H.R. 4810. This important legislation will allow our nation’s heroes to access health care outside of the VA…

Titus Advocates on Behalf of LGBT Veterans

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May 7, 2014 Today Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District spoke on the House Floor to highlight ongoing discrimination against same-sex veteran couples. Below are her remarks: “Last week during the Veterans Administration Appropriations debate, I spoke about Madelynn Taylor - a veteran being denied the right to be interred with her spouse, Jean, in the Idaho…

Titus Blasts VA for Discrimination Against LGBT Veterans

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April 30, 2014 Today Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District spoke on the House Floor to highlight ongoing discrimination against same-sex veteran couples. Below is a copy of her remarks as prepared for delivery: “As the Ranking Member of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee of the Veterans Affairs Authorizing Committee, I rise today…

Titus Speaks Out Against GOP Attempts to Undermine DACA

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March 12, 2014 Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District today spoke on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 4138, the ENFORCE Act, and H.R. 3973, the Faithful Execution of the Law Act. These partisan messaging bills would violate the separation of powers and undermine the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) for Dreamers. Below are her…

Titus Calls for Affordable Higher Education for Nations Heroes

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February 3, 2014 Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District today spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 357, the GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013.Titus is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and is a cosponsor of this legislation. The House passed H.R. 357 this evening. Below are her remarks:  …

Titus Speaks in Support of Veterans COLA

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November 12, 2013 Congresswoman Titus of Nevada’s First District today spoke on the House floor in support of S. 893, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2013, which provides veterans a projected 1.5 percent COLA beginning in January. She also called on the Senate to pass H.R. 570, the American Heroes COLA Act, legislation introduced by Titus and…

Titus Speaks Out on the Issue of Veteran Suicide

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September 26, 2013 Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District today spoke on the House floor to raise awareness of the staggering rate of suicide among Nevada’s veterans, as well as veterans around the country. Below are her remarks:  “I would like to thank my friend from the Southwest, Congresswoman Sinema, for hosting this special hour to draw…

Titus Announces Legislation to Extend VA Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses

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June 27, 2013 Congresswoman Dina Titus today introduced the Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act. H.R. 2529 would amend the Department of Veterans Affairs’ definition of the term “spouse”, in Section 101 of title 38, United States Code, as “an individual of the opposite sex” to reflect the new State definition of a spouse. Yesterday’s Supreme Court…