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Now is the time to Act

Issues discussed on this page require Action. It is hoped that if you have come to this page it is assumed that you are involved or want to be more involved.

90 H.R. 3612 and 13 S. 1629 Cosponsors!


V A S V W has come out in full support of H.R. 3612 The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act as well as S.1629, the new Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011 because they are short, simple, to the point, and the nearest bills that have been presented to what the V A S V W has advocated since we became an organization in 2008, a restoration act, nothing more, nothing less and the only restriction is "Territorial Waters". While these bills aren't going to cover everyone in the Blue Water Navy, they will cover a large majority of them and will get the benefits restored and going for those members of Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans who served within the stated limits.
It's imperative that you contact your Senators and Representative to support these bills, their funding and enactment.





You should also contact the Senate Veterans Committee.



Contact The House Committee on Veterans Affairs as well.

Remember, our stated primary mission is to get the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans benefits restored. Once that is done, and this has always been the plan, we go after TLC, Korea and the other sites such as Guam, Johnston Island, Okinawa, Subic Bay & etc.
Stand to and stand strong my friends.
These bills are the best chance we have at getting the restoration of benefits in nearly a decade. We need YOUR support.

Send your support to YOUR Senators and Representative today!
Remember V A S V W, as an organization, opposes H.R. 812 as it is written.

Anti-Veteran Politicians

Here are the names of the 30 Senators who are not friendly to veterans and several are downright hostile. These are the Senators who voted with Senator Coburn To require evidence of causal relationships for presumptions by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents.
Check them out and vote them out if you want to retain the veterans benefits you earned by serving your country in a time of war.

Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Johnson (R-WI) Kirk (R-IL) Kyl (R-AZ) Lee (R-UT) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)
NOTE!Senator Graham is one of the cosponsors of S.1629 so though he voted with Senator Coburn he may well be actually on our side.
Other Members of Congress who are not veteran friendly will have their names posted here in the near future as well.



Today is the time to take action! Tomorrow will be to late so BEGIN TODAY!

Bill Miltenberger
CEO
V A S V W