Dear Editor:
Rick Nolan has been a good friend to veterans. The Republican attacks against him are getting ridiculous.
The fact that Republican campaign groups can go on TV, lying about the good record of our Congressman, should be all the evidence you need to get money out of politics.
Congressman Nolan raised the alarm by protesting bad veterans bills – bills that veterans themselves opposed – because they didn’t provide long-term stable funding for the Veterans Administration or the Department of Defense to pay active military.
Rick Nolan opposed bills that would not have addressed the most pressing care needs for our veterans, and I’m glad he used his voice in Congress to stand up for veterans.
When Republicans stopped playing games and worked with Democrats to improve veterans bills with long-term funding, Congressman Nolan voted for them, because that’s the right thing to do. Nolan voted to increase military pay and funding for the VA. He voted in 2016 to fund a 2.1 percent pay raise for military in HR 5293, and he voted in 2015 to fund a 1.3 percent troop pay raise with additional veterans benefits, signed into law by President Obama.
I applaud Congressman Nolan for working to get better legislation for our veterans. It is clear that’s one of the reasons he’s one of the 10 most effective members of Congress in the entire country.
Sarah Johnston
Braham