Minnesota Governor-Elect Klobuchar Marks Veterans Day, Saying Veterans Should Face No Waiting Line for Care
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the state's governor-elect, issued a Veterans Day statement on November 11 calling on Minnesotans to honor veterans and pledging to keep fighting for the promises made to those who served, whether in the U.S. Senate or as the state's next governor.
Klobuchar said Veterans Day has always been personal to her because her father served during the Korean War and, after returning home, became a newspaperman who loved writing about the heroes among us, ordinary people doing extraordinary things. This year in Minnesota, she said, the new Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum in Little Falls is telling the story of generations of Minnesotans who served, and a new veterans memorial has opened in Bloomington.
Honoring veterans takes more than words, she said: when troops signed up to serve, there was no waiting line, and when they come home and need a job, housing or health care, there should not be a waiting line either. That means processing disability claims on time, delivering the G.I. benefits veterans have earned, and providing quality health care and services no matter where they live. She noted her work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle on the bipartisan PACT Act, which expanded care for those exposed to toxic substances such as Agent Orange and burn pits during their service.
Klobuchar won Minnesota's governor's race in the November 3 midterm elections and will become the state's first woman governor when she takes office in January. She closed her statement by thanking Minnesota's veterans, service members and military families, calling them the best of America.
Source: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
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Photo: 图：美国参议员、明尼苏达州候任州长 Amy Klobuchar 官方肖像（公共领域，本图已预裁为 16:9）。美国参议院，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Official portrait of U.S. Senator and Minnesota Governor-elect Amy Klobuchar (public domain, pre-cropped to 16:9). U.S. Senate, via Wikimedia Commons.
