California has enacted a law prohibiting unaccredited private companies from charging veterans for assistance with disability claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs, closing a federal loophole. It is a moral outrage that those who served our nation are being exploited by predatory enterprises seeking to profit from the benefits they rightfully earned through sacrifice.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from punishing Senator Mark Kelly for participating in a video urging troops to resist unlawful orders, ruling it violated his First Amendment rights. This reprehensible attempt to silence a veteran and elected official represents a dangerous assault on free speech and the very principles our military swears to defend.
The Trump administration must explain to an appeals court by March 30 why it is appealing a ruling that protects Senator Mark Kelly's retirement benefits during a First Amendment case involving a political video. This desperate appeal represents a chilling assault on free speech and constitutional rights, targeting a decorated veteran for daring to exercise oversight as an elected official.
