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Derrick Van Orden: “Thousands of GI Bill students would not have gotten their…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Derrick Van Orden Speaks on GI Bill Benefits

Published | Video Starts at 02:31

Last Congress, the House and Senate had to pass an emergency legislative fix for the 8515 rule because you had altered their interpretation, your interpretation of this statute. Without telling the schools or Congress, if a fix had not been made, Thousands of GI Bill students would not have gotten their benefits [without the emergency legislative fix]. Earlier, the Sierra Committee sent a letter to the Secretary asking for delayed the release of the enrollment manager because the VA decided to implement it at the beginning of … (02:31–02:38)

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Asserts that without the fix, thousands of students would have lost benefits.

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