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For Immediate
Release
4/1/08
Contact:
Nate Silcox
(717) 787-6063
Sen. Regola's Veterans'
Measure Clears Committee
Senate Bill
1033 would add Military Officers Association to state panel
The Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
Committee today approved Senate Bill 1033, legislation
introduced by Senator Bob Regola (R-39) to add a
representative of the Military Officers Association of
America (MOAA) to the State Veterans' Commission.
The State Veterans' Commission is comprised of the major
veterans' organizations and offers advice to the state
Adjutant General on veterans' issues.
"I am pleased that the Committee has moved this bill.
The Military Officers Association works on issues of
importance to every veteran, on both the state and federal
level, and will be a valuable voice on our State's Veterans'
Commission," Senator Regola said.
MOAA, organized in 1929, is an independent, nonprofit,
politically nonpartisan organization, operated exclusively
to benefit members of the uniformed services (officer and
enlisted) active duty, former and retired, National Guard
and Reserve -- and their families and survivors. There are
over 9,000 current members of MOAA in the 16 Chapters spread
throughout the Commonwealth.
"MOAA is extremely active in its support of veterans and
those serving today. In particular, the Disabled American
Veterans Transportation Program is very important to them
and they have raised thousands of dollars to buy phone cards
for deployed and wounded servicemen and their families,"
Senator Regola said. "But it is at their community events
that have been the greatest inspiration for me. It was a
thrill for me to be a part of a ceremony seeing 100 World
War II veterans head off to Washington, DC to visit the
World War II Memorial."
Senate Bill 1033 now heads to the full Senate for
consideration.
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