Chairman Bost on Expanding Benefits for Disabled Veterans & Survivors, Restoring Veterans' Rights

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the House Committee on Rules hearing on two House Republican bills that will be considered on the House floor this week, H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, led by Chairman Bost and H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, led my Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.).