ICYMI: Bob Casey Highlights His Record of Delivering for PA Veterans at VoteVets Bus Tour with Local Scranton Veterans
Senator Casey Launched His Veterans for Casey Coalition Dedicated to Bringing Together Pennsylvania Veterans From Across the Commonwealth Last Year
PENNSYLVANIA – On Monday, Senator Bob Casey campaigned with VoteVets at their battleground bus tour stop in Scranton. He joined former U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, VoteVets Political Director Travis Tazelaar, and former Pennsylvania state Trooper and Navy veteran Gil Canevari to discuss his record of delivering for Pennsylvania veterans and military families.
Senator Casey is committed to upholding America’s promise to look after our veterans who have made the greatest sacrifices serving our country. Bob Casey joined with Pennsylvania veterans to pass the PACT Act, giving veterans who were exposed to burn pits the health care they need.
WBRE: Senator Casey campaigns with VoteVets in Scranton
- Senator Bob Casey was on the campaign trail in Lackawanna County today. He was joined by several other local lawmakers at PNC Field in Moosic. […] The goal of his press conference was to support local veterans and their families amid rising inflation and health care costs.
Pennsylvania Independent: Pennsylvania veterans rally behind US Sen. Bob Casey
- [VoteVets] praised Casey’s support for the [PACT] Act, […] which expands medical benefits for military veterans who were exposed to burn pit toxins.
- “Sen. Casey stands in stark contrast to Republicans, including his opponent, David McCormick,” said Gil Canevari, a Mechanicsburg resident and a former Pennsylvania state trooper who served in the U.S. Navy from 1972 to 1975. “After his separation from the military, McCormick frequently put his bottom line ahead of Pennsylvanians, even his own country, so he could make millions of dollars.”
- Tazelaar lauded Casey’s support for the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which Biden signed into law in April. The law declares fentanyl trafficking to be a national emergency and places additional sanctions on the leaders of trafficking organizations.
- The senator criticized Republicans who have opposed federal funding for veterans, both in the PACT Act and in other legislation. “So don’t tell me, if you’re a member of Congress, that you support veterans, and you support our national security, and you’re a great patriot if you vote against VA health care and the appropriations for VA health care,” Casey said during his remarks to the audience.
- Casey: “You’re not worthy of the valor of our veterans and our military fighting men and women and their families if you’re voting against funding for VA health care.”
Pennsylvania Cable Network: VoteVets hosted Bob Casey, Democrat for U.S. Senate during their nationwide bus tour
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