Cynthia McKinney has made her concern for and commitment to America’s valiant veterans in no uncertain terms:

“America needs to make a greater effort to care for those who have fought for our nation’s independence. We need to ensure that quality veterans’ medical centers are available to help our nation’s veterans.

There is no reason why someone who is retired from the military should have to choose their pension over any veterans’ disability benefits. While in Congress, I cosponsored legislation that would end this inequity and permit concurrent receipt of both retired pay and veterans’ disability benefits.

While in Congress, I introduced legislation which passed and is now law, that corrects an unjust provision of Agent Orange compensation. People who had respiratory cancers from their exposure were getting denied their benefits, and that will no longer happen. (Agent Orange Respiratory Cancer Act of 2001, H.R. 1587)