[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          VETERANS' COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT ACT

  (Mr. BARROW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW. Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight this week's passage of 
S. 894, the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
2011. During this difficult economic time, it's more important than 
ever that we keep our promises to our veterans.
  This bill provides a cost of living adjustment to the disability pay 
of our wounded veterans. This well-earned increase will go a long way 
to help veterans make ends meet. This could not have been done at a 
more appropriate time as we're one week away from Veterans Day.
  I'm happy to see that my colleagues joined together in a bipartisan 
fashion to pass this legislation. Again, I commend my colleagues for 
standing together for veterans by passing the Veterans' Compensation 
Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, and I encourage my colleagues to 
continue to work together in a bipartisan fashion to keep the promises 
our country made to veterans when they first signed up.

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