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or her enlistment, m order to receive up to $1,075 a month toward an education up to a total of $38,700. The average amount a veteran receives these days is $666.67 a month. This amount is insufficient for readjustment to civilian life after serving two, three, or four tours of duty, as many of our post-9/11 service members have. This compensation is hardly enough to allow a veteran to attend many community colleges, let alone a traditional four year institution.
Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, himself a Vietnam combat veteran, has since joined me in leading the charge in the Senate, in addition to 23 Senate colleagues who have signed on as cosponsors to my legislation. Congressman Bobby Scott introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives, which enjoys the support of 75 co-sponsors, including Congressman Jim Moran.
'file United States has never gone wrong when it has made sustained new investments in higher education and job training. Enacting a more robust G1 bill akin to that of the World War II era is not only the right thing to do, but it’s the smart thing to do, in terms of investing in the economic health of our country.
As someone who hails from the soldier-citizen tradition, I hold immense personal pride in those who answer our nation’s call to duty. Now as a U.S. Senator, I hope to put into place the mechanisms that will allow future generations of Presidents, Senators and Nobel laureates to rise through the ranks on a sturdy educational foundation provided by the GI bilL
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