Madison, WI—With millions of veterans facing food cuts and homelessness in winter, carpenter and small business owner Brett Hulsey called on Congress to finish the job and their Constitutional duty to “Pay Debts” to veterans, workers and vital programs.
“My top goals are to end homelessness and hunger by 2030, and coming from a family of veterans, we need to get the government running to keep Vets from starving and freezing,” said Hulsey, a Democratic candidate for Governor. The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans reports:
- One in eight or 13% of the homeless adult population are veterans;
- Approximately one in five or 20% of the male homeless population are veterans.
“The Congressional deal to open the government is not all I and many Democrats want, but it’s important to help veterans, pay our workers and keep food stamps for the people starving. We will get a vote to keep healthcare for thousands. As the Rolling Stones you can’t always get what you want, but if you try real hard, you to get what you need,” Brett said.
Veterans are significantly hurt by the government shutdown:
- Over 900,000 veterans cannot access theGI Bill Hotline, and more than 100,000 enrolled veterans are unable to receive services.
- Nearly 37,000 VA employees are missing pay, disrupting veteran services.
“I come from a veteran family, and we have to honor them by putting our money where our mouths are and take care of Vets,” said Hulsey, who was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1977 but could not take it because he had to care for his family during his parents’ divorce. “I call on Congress to do their job and take care of our veterans who sacrificed for our country.
Hulsey later served as an Energy Conservation Advocate in President Carter’s Administration, part of the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program, the domestics Peace Corps, from 1978-79. There he flew all over the state helping bush residents and Native tribal members to keep from freezing in the winter with energy efficiency and insulation measures.
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Brett will create an Energy Conservation Corp like the Depression era Youth Conservation Corps to train workers how to insulate and add renewables to their homes to achieve his Positive Energy Program goal of Energy Independence by 2030.
Most men in Brett’s family are veterans, his brother was a Marine Corps Amtrac amphibious assault vehicle driver in the 80’s and was disabled in action in Central America, his father was an Air National Guard Flight Doctor during the Vietnam War, and his grandfather Otis Corley, mustered an Army company in Oklahoma, then served in the Pentagon during World War One.
