Senator Murray Urges Passage of Veterans Jobs Corps Bill

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, speaks on the Senate floor in support of the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012, which she is co-sponsoring. At a time when over 720,000 veterans are unemployed, this bill would increase training and hiring opportunities for our nation's veterans, especially those from the post-9/11 era. The Veterans Jobs Corps Act would help put our veterans back to work as police officers, fire fighters, and other first responders, positions that our communities are in sore need of after 85 percent of law enforcement agencies were forced to reduce their budget in the past year.