Reps. Scott, Carney, Salazar & Sen. Lautenberg to Announce Bicameral Support for Sen. Jim Webb’s GI Bill

June 13, 2007

(Washington D.C.) - On Thursday at 1:00pm, Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Congressmen Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Chris Carney (D-PA) and representatives from endorsing veterans organizations will express their support for the "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007," following Congressman Scott's introduction of the bill in the House of Representatives.

The bill, introduced by Senator Jim Webb in January, seeks to provide veterans of the 9/11 era with educational benefits similar to those provided to service members at the end of World War II. Senator Lautenberg, a WWII veteran and the most recent co-sponsor of S.22 in the Senate, attended college on the GI Bill.

WHO: Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), Vietnam Veteran
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), WWII Veteran
Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), MA National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve
Congressman Chris Carney (D-PA), Iraq War Veteran
Congressman John Salazar (D-CO), Veteran, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Eric Hilleman, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Rick Weidman, Veterans of America (VVA)
Bill Ferguson, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)
Ruth Ewalt,Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA)
Frank Yoakam,Enlisted Association of the
National Guard of the United States (EANGUS)
WHAT: Press Conference to Announce Bicameral support for the Post-9/11 Veterans GI Bill
WHEN: Thursday, June 14^th at 1:00pm
WHERE: Mansfield Room, U.S. Capitol

** Credentials required for entrance into U.S. Capitol. To obtain credentials, please contact the Senate Press Gallery – Print (202-224-0241) and Radio & TV (202-224-6421).

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