By MOAA Staff

Supporters of the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (TCAVA) – omnibus legislation including more than 20 MOAA-backed bills – gathered on Capitol Hill on July 14 to stress the need to move quickly to secure long-overdue benefits for millions of veterans, caregivers, and survivors.

“Veterans don’t need this legislation tomorrow. They don’t need it even today. Veterans needed this legislation yesterday. And the day before that. And their families and survivors as well,” MOAA President and CEO Lt. Gen. Brian T. Kelly, USAF (Ret), said during the event. “It is already well past time to make this happen, and we have a unique, but fleeting, opportunity.”

Kelly spoke alongside lawmakers and representatives from the American Legion, Wounded Warrior Project, Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), and other organizations backing the omnibus bill. Nearly two dozen such groups signed onto a recent letter to leaders on the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees explaining the need to “translate long-standing bipartisan agreement into meaningful action.”

Speakers highlighted different parts of the sweeping legislation, which includes meaningful relief for tens of thousands of combat-injured veterans whose military retirement pay is offset by VA disability compensation.