Democratic Veterans Celebrate Defeat of Republican Attack on Veterans’ Benefits

July 16, 2026 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, for the second time, U.S. House Republicans were forced to withdraw a flawed Republican bill, H.R. 9237, from floor consideration. This followed strong opposition from members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus highlighting how the bill would represent the largest cut to veterans’ benefits in history, including cutting benefits for common conditions like tinnitus and sleep apnea and raising fees on VA home loans. Following today’s withdrawal of this bill to cut veterans benefits, members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Pat Ryan (NY-18), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), and Herb Conway (NJ-03) released the following joint statement. “Today, the House rallied around veterans and rejected this partisan attack on veterans’ benefits and the VA. “Members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus led the fight against this bill, and we will always come together to stand up for our troops and our fellow veterans. “House Republicans should think twice before ever again taking benefits away from our veterans in the name of ‘fiscal responsibility’ after they added trillions to the debt with their One Big Beautiful Bill and are trying to force through $67 Billion supplemental to pay for the disastrous Iran War.”