[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 MR. DANIEL FOSTER AND LACK OF BENEFIT DISBURSEMENT FROM DEPARTMENT OF 
                            VETERANS AFFAIRS

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. I rise today to recognize Mr. 
Daniel Foster, the recipient of a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, and 
who is a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. However, he has waited 
more than 1 year to receive his benefits that he both deserves and has 
earned, because the Department of Veterans Affairs has lost his benefit 
application over and over and over, person by person.
  As a result of this carelessness with Mr. Foster's files, he was 
unable to receive his VA benefit checks for the last year, and he was 
not able to pay the mortgage on his disabled father's home in Costa 
Mesa, California, where he resides with his father. Now the home is 
scheduled to be foreclosed on November 23, the day before Thanksgiving.
  Mr. Foster does not reside in my district, but he came and asked for 
help. I am happy to say that Representative Rohrabacher, Mr. Foster's 
Representative, has now opened a case on his behalf. As a member of the 
House Armed Services Committee, I work every day to ensure that our 
veterans receive the benefits they need and deserve. So I will continue 
to follow Mr. Foster's case and will encourage veterans in my district 
who are experiencing these types of difficulties to please contact us 
at our Garden Grove office.

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