Last week , Congress forced the Pentagon to make budget cuts that increased living costs for our service members . Senator Rieckhoff : Congress ' n't no bill addressing veterans ' priorities . Rieckhoff : Congress is failing military families and proposing more cuts . Rieckhoff : 22 veterans die by half a day , V.A . backlog huge , military justice is dead . He says Congress stood for wounded veterans , but it was only a gesture .
Senator Rieckhoff : Congress ' n't no bill addressing veterans ' priorities . Rieckhoff : Congress is failing military families and proposing more cuts . Rieckhoff : 22 veterans die by half a day , V.A . backlog huge , military justice is dead . He says Congress stood for wounded veterans , but it was only a gesture .