Senator Murray and Veteran Leaders Say Build Back Better Will Lower Costs and Create Opportunity

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee, held a press call with veteran leaders from Western Washington to discuss the ways the Build Back Better Act would lower costs and create opportunities for veterans and their families.

Senator Murray was joined by Cassie Gabelt, Government Affairs Liason at Minority Veterans of America, Will Booth, Co-founder of SeeQuilLouw, and Brittney Hamilton, Executive Director at Operation Ward 57.

During the call, Senator Murray and the other speakers highlighted how affordable housing and rental assistance in the Build Back Better plan would help veterans find safe, secure housing, how Senator Murray’s child care provisions in the bill would help veterans and their families find quality, affordable child care, how the continued Child Tax Credit expansion would give veteran parents some breathing room after they return from service to afford diapers, meals, and other essentials, how expanded workforce programs included in the bill would help veterans get more skills for good-paying jobs, and more. Murray also stressed that Build Back Better takes steps to improve the VA’s health care infrastructure, expand the VA’s medical staff, and lease space for more community-based outpatient clinics to improve the care experience for veterans across Washington state.