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Rep. Bryan Steil, R-1st District, has introduced a bill that would increase federal spending on veterans cemeteries.
Steil co-introduced HR 5487, the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act, with Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan of the Northern Mariana Islands and member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, according to a Steil news release.
Sablan is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Bryan Steil released a statement following House passage of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019. Steil also urged President Trump to support funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in his Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Tonight, Bryan Steil released a statement following President Trump's State of the Union address.
"I am optimistic about the future of our country. President Trump highlighted an agenda that supports Wisconsin families and workers. The partisan impeachment process prohibits Congress from dealing with our nation's biggest issues. With that nearly behind us, Congress needs to tackle the big issues facing the American people, in particular, the rising cost of health care. I am committed to this. Let's get to work."
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Financial Services Committee member, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), released a statement regarding the SEC, Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and CFTC's proposed changes to the Volcker Rule.
MILWAUKEE -- Cemeteries for our veterans could be getting more funding. A new bill introduced by Congressman Bryan Steil on Monday, Feb. 3 could double the amount of grant money dished out by the federal government each year.
Right now, there is a budget of $5 million to assist every veteran cemetery in the country with upkeep projects. It is clearly not enough. But the bill being proposed hopes to address that issue.
You would never know from looking at the snow-covered Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove that it is a busy place.
WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- A bipartisan bill in Washington could help improve the condition of state-run veteran cemeteries.
Congressman Bryan Steil introduced the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act in December.
Flanked by veterans, the Janesville republican outlined specifics of the bill at a press conference in Union Grove Monday, Feb. 3.
He says the legislation would double the amount of federal grants available to state-run veteran cemeteries.
More than 16,000 veterans and their family members have been laid to rest at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the town of Dover since it was established in 1998.
With approximately 1,000 more interments per year, it is considered the fifth busiest state cemetery in the U.S.
With veterans from the Vietnam War and other 20th century conflicts aging, Congress is keeping an eye and working on making sure these state-run veterans cemeteries can continue to be sustainable.
UNION GROVE, WISCONSIN—Today, following a press conference at American Legion Post 171 in Union Grove, Steil rolled out H.R. 5487, the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act. Steil co-introduced the legislation with Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan of the Northern Mariana Islands and member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Bryan Steil will hold a telephone town hall TODAY, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 2:45pm CT. If constituents missed one of Steil's five in-person listening sessions last week, this is an additional opportunity for constituents to hear from their representative and ask questions.