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| https://www.gardner.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/gardner-jones-introduce-legislation-to-ensure-veterans-are-repaid-their-full-gi-benefits | Gardner, Jones Introduce Legislation to Ensure Veterans are Repaid their Full GI Benefits | 2018-12-04 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Republican | House | CO | Cory Gardner | G000562 | www.gardner.senate.gov | legacy | Washington, DC-Today,Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Doug Jones (D-AL)willintroduce theFix Immediately Outstanding Underpayments (IOUs) for Student VeteransAct, legislation that will force the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay student veterans money they are entitled to, but did not receive because of the VA's own error. When the VA failed to implement the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, many student veterans did not receive the full benefits they are entitled to. Gardnersent a letterto VA Secretary Wilkie regarding the issue on October 29, 2018 demanding the VA fix the situation, but since that time the VA has sent mixed signals about their actual plan to provide retroactive payments to underpaid students. The Gardner-Jones legislation will set up a commission at the VA to ensure all monthly stipends are audited, and force the VA to pay back students who were underpaid. Additionally this legislation will ensure the VA does not take back money from students they overpaid through their error. The VA let these veterans down and this cannot be tolerated,said Gardner.First, the VA made a mistake and did not properly pay student veterans the money they are entitled to; and nowthe VA is failing in their responsibility again by not providing a plan to pay those students back quickly. Most problems Congress addresses are complicated anddo nothave one right' answer. This is not one of those issues. To me, it's pretty clear what the right thing to do is: Congress must act to ensure our student veterans receive every penny they are entitled to. When young men and women step up to serve our country in uniform, we make a solemn promise to have their backs when they come home,said Jones.We commit to provide them the tools needed to re-enter civilian life and to earn an education that will enable them to serve our communities in new ways. When I heard that thousands of veterans in Alabama and across the country were being underpaid or not paid at all for their GI Bill benefits and that the VA might not make them whole, I was appalled. While I'm glad the VA has since begun to reverse course, action from Congress is needed to make sure that these veterans receive what they're owed. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |