National Commander Barry Lischinsky testified on JWV’s legislative priorities at a joint hearing of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee

On March 13, 2024 NC Barry Lischinsky testified on JWV’s legislative priorities at a joint hearing of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. Commander Lischinsky addressed several very important topics, including combating hatred, bigotry, and antisemitism targeted at veterans and military service members. The focus was on highlighting legislation and policies to improve the health, benefits, and well-being of veterans. Access to timely, high-quality health care, including mental health and suicide prevention, improvements in claims processing, and the enactment of the Major Richard Star Act are a few of our focused priorities. For the testimony the time stamp is 1:51 on the video. NC Lischinsky also responded question from Chairman Bost at 2:49 time stamp and a question from Rep. Levin at 3:05 time stamp.