Marshall announces funding for homeless Veterans, also states 'If you support President Trump, you should support this bill
Washington – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), is pleased to announce the awarding of $500,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Workforce Alliance Center of South Central Kansas for homeless veterans reintegration.
“As a veteran myself, I believe that our nation should do all it can to support those who have served their country,” said Senator Marshall. “As Kansas and the Wichita community continue to develop programs and opportunities to help homeless individuals learn skills and gain employment, the Workforce Alliance’s focus on veterans will provide unique services for members of that community. The targeted service area of the Workforce Center faces unique challenges, including a poverty and violent crime rate that is greater than the national average.”
The Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program, Incarcerated Veterans’ Transition Program, and the Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Grant Program grant from the Department of Labor will provide the Workforce Center and resources it needs to serve the veteran community, help members overcome unique obstacles and re-enter the workforce.
Also Marshall delivered brief remarks defending the Republican reconciliation bill’s Medicaid provisions during the ‘vote-a-rama.’ He detailed how the bill will strengthen and preserve the federal program for those who need it the most.
“Mr. President, good morning. It’s great to be here. I just want to share with America the great work that Republicans have done on Medicaid – that we’re preserving it, we’re protecting it, we’re strengthening it for those who meet it need it the most. We’re going to make sure that your seniors in nursing homes, pregnant women, children, and people with disabilities have Medicaid in the future – we are fiscally making Medicaid more sound.
“You know, it’s only in Washington, DC, that you increase spending at a rate faster than inflation, and you call it a cut. We’re increasing spending on this legislation. We’re increasing funding for Medicaid. We are preserving and protecting it for those who need it the most. I urge everyone to vote no on this amendment. Thank you.”
On Monday, Marshall, joined Lawrence Jones on Fox News’ The Will Cain Show to discuss the current state of the Republican reconciliation bill and how it will strengthen and preserve Medicaid.
On what the reconciliation bill will do:
“We just got to get this bill across the floor here. This is the start of a new golden era for Americans. This is President Trump’s agenda being laid out. This is going to fund President Trump’s agenda. If you supported President Trump, you should support this bill. It’s going to secure the border, it’s going to lower your taxes by $1,000 a month – we all need to rally behind it.”
On how the reconciliation bill will strengthen Medicaid:
“I disagree with him [Senator Thom Tillis], respectfully disagree. This bill is going to strengthen Medicaid. We’re going to strengthen it for those who need it the most. We protect it for seniors in nursing homes, people with disabilities, pregnant women – those types of folks. So, we protect it for them.
“And then for rural America, we’re going to have a special stabilization fund as well. There’s going to be work requirements, so as long as you’re willing to work 20 hours a week, and by the way, there are people back home harvesting wheat today that are working 20 hours a day. So, if you lose Medicaid, it’s on you. But we want to help people get jobs. I think this will strengthen Medicaid. I think overall, this is a step back in the right direction to Make America Healthy Again.”
On how work requirements can strengthen Medicaid:
“.. A couple of points I just have to make Lawrence – you know, number one is there 7 million healthy American men out there, working age, that are not working, I’d love to help them find a job.
“Second point is this, we’re actually increasing funding for Medicaid. We’re increasing funding for Medicaid higher than the rate of inflation. We’re going to increase it to the tune of $200 billion a year when this is all said and done. So, when they talk about people not being on Medicaid anymore, half of those people are on it because of fraud or some type of abuse of the system.
“The other half is because they’re unwilling to work 20 hours a week. And you can volunteer, you can go to school. We want to help you find a job – a job brings dignity. It brings purpose. We’re all about people finding a great way to live that American Dream that President Trump talks about.”
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