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Today, Congressman Danny K. Davis strongly criticized the Trump administration's sweeping budget cuts, which included the elimination of federal funding for 50 police officers in Chicago through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. These cuts, part of a broader effort to freeze critical federal funding, jeopardize public safety and essential community health services across the country. |
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5015, a bill that would improve the fairness of the tax code and treat our service members with the respect they are due.
Veterans who suffered combat-related injuries who separated from the military are not supposed to be taxed on any one-time disability payments. Unfortunately, an accounting error has cost about 14,000 veterans more than $78 million in taxes. Just under 500 of these veterans are from my home state of Illinois.