While many employers do the right thing and provide flexible schedules for disabled veterans, I felt that it was important to provide all disabled veterans with a solution that would help them have access to medical leave. Here's how our bill works: we accelerate the eligibility process for disabled veterans. - John Delaney 1 Share Now -
Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late. - John Delaney 2 Share Now -
Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late. - John Delaney 3 Share Now -
I'm immensely proud to be a Democrat because of our party's history of fighting for justice, fairness, and equality. From Roosevelt to Obama, we've worked to bring seniors and children out of poverty, expanded civil rights, supported science and research, and pushed for equality of opportunity. - John Delaney 4 Share Now -
One of the key issues all veterans face is making the transition to a civilian career, and for veterans who need extra medical attention, this can be even more difficult. - John Delaney 5 Share Now -
I basically applied to law school as a way of telling my parents that I wasn't going to medical school. - John Delaney 6 Share Now -
No veteran or active duty service member should endure a long hospital stay alone. Yet sadly, due to the high cost of travel, all too often our military families are separated while America's heroes receive care. Sometimes families sleep in hospital parking lots, unable to afford long stays in a hotel. - John Delaney 7 Share Now -
During their service, men and women in our Armed Forces live by a common creed, promising never to leave a soldier behind. We should live by the same principle. When our veterans are asked to travel hundreds of miles for care that's offered right next door, we simply aren't living up to that standard, and something has to change. - John Delaney 8 Share Now -
What was once a fringe idea - finding a way to use the record levels of overseas capital to finance new projects in the United States - is now mainstream. The support is there; we just have to work out the details. - John Delaney 9 Share Now -
Our veterans and service members are known for their strength, but when they're recovering from an operation or receiving emergency care, that strength can depend on seeing a spouse, talking with the kids or just knowing that loved ones are by their side. It isn't difficult to imagine what a difference keeping families together can make. - John Delaney 10 Share Now -
