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Title: Lawmaker Presses for Survivor Benefits for Medal of Honor Recipients' Families
Post by: rangerrebew on May 06, 2019, 11:15:40 am

Lawmaker Presses for Survivor Benefits for Medal of Honor Recipients' Families
 
2 May 2019
Military.com | By Richard Sisk

The chief sponsor in Congress of the long-overdue Medal of Honor for Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Canley is backing a bill to support the families of recipients of the nation's highest award for valor.

Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, said that, under current law, the special pension now amounting to about $1,366 per month awarded to Medal of Honor recipients does not extend to their survivors and ends with the death of the recipient.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/05/02/lawmaker-presses-survivor-benefits-medal-honor-recipients-families.html (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/05/02/lawmaker-presses-survivor-benefits-medal-honor-recipients-families.html)

Title: Re: Lawmaker Presses for Survivor Benefits for Medal of Honor Recipients' Families
Post by: rangerrebew on May 06, 2019, 11:18:15 am

Being a democrat, I'm surprised Brownley didn't add "only if they were LGBT." :whistle: