Irene T. Garza deposits a batch of letters down the mailbox at the Harlingen Post Office. The letters are from veterans directed at Representative Ann Marie Buerkele, Chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Veterans Health of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. HB 837 filed by Rep. Ruben Hinojosa and co-sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar and Blake Farenthold has been assigned to this committee. Veterans are asking that HB 837 be placed on the committee's agenda for discussions and a vote. Prior bills submitted in other Congressional Sessions never moved out of committee. As a mater of fact, they were assigned and forgotten. Veterans hope to avoid that this time around. Especially since HB 837 does not ask for funding rather it is a mandate to the Veterans Administration to expand the Harlingen VA Surgical Center into a Full Service Medical Center (VA hospital).
Veterans will submit another batch shortly. This is the second batch and most of the signatures come from the American Legion Post 205 which were signed on April 11, 2011 at the Post. The Veterans Alliance also had a meeting that day and also contributed letters. A batch is 100 letters.
Donations for postage are coming in slowly but have been enough for the mail-outs. We hope that the community keeps sending us postage stamps. Postage can be mailed to 2722 Calle Condesa, Harlingen, TX.
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