Rep. Zeldin Statement on Pentagon Requiring Veterans to Repay Bonuses

Press Release

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the Pentagon requiring an estimated 10,000 veterans in California to repay decade old bonuses upwards of $15,000, and in some instances, as high as $46,000 or more. The Pentagon issued this ruling after audits found that the Department of Defense had overpaid veterans in an effort to recruit Americans to enlist in the Army during the armed conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"The Department of Defense should correct this horrendous error regarding decade old bonuses paid to approximately 10,000 California National Guardsmen. The Pentagon must immediately reverse course. No veteran should have to repay this money that they were promised. They have more than fulfilled their end of these agreements, especially for those veterans who were wounded overseas in combat."

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