Echo Press: Franken pushes bill to help break VA claims backlog

U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) told members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Wednesday that the current backlog in processing claims for veterans in Minnesota and across the country is unacceptable, and he urged passage of his legislation to speed up the process. The current national average wait time for a veteran’s benefit claim to be processed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is nearly 300 days.

In his testimony Wednesday, Sen. Franken pressed the committee to support his Quicker Benefits Delivery Act to give the VA the tools it needs to get benefits to veterans more quickly.

“The fundamental issue is that we need to make sure veterans are getting the benefits to which they are entitled as quickly as possible,” Sen. Franken told the panel. “And that is what my legislation will do.”

The measure was introduced in the House by Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.).

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