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Filner Re-elected Chair of House Vets Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2008
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Democratic Caucus voted to re-elect Congressman Bob Filner as Chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Filner will serve his second term as Chairman in the upcoming 111th Congress, which begins on January 6, 2009.
Filner commented: “I am grateful to my Democratic colleagues for supporting me as Chair of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. It is truly an honor and a privilege to serve our nation’s veterans and I appreciate the support of the Caucus.
“We made significant progress in caring for our veterans over the past two years, but much remains to be done. A new basis of stable funding must be developed. The claims backlog must be attacked in a new way. And the mental health of our veterans – both old and new – must remain a high priority.
“I am looking forward to working with a dynamic new Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Obama Administration to achieve these aims.”