Senators pushing to support Veterans Affairs legal clinics
By DAVE RESS | Daily Press | Published: May 13, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — The Department of Veterans Affairs would give a boost to legal clinics that help veterans with their benefits, under a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia. Clinics like the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic housed at the College of William & Mary provide free help to veterans running into red tape that block or delay access to VA benefits. Warner’s bill, which he and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced this week, authorizes the VA to grant up to $2 million a year to support such clin...