today we pass the david p. roe m.d. improvements act of 2020. this legislation is a culmination of more than two years of bipartisan work with input from all of our veteran service organizations, from dozens of senators, from members of the house of representatives, our partners at the department of veterans affairs, and the leadership of the former senate and house v.a. committee chairman, senator isakson and congressman roe. this legislation invested in the education and improvement of veterans to make certain that they have the tools necessary to achieve success after service, through expanded opportunities to use their earn benefits for longer periods of time, and for more opportunities of job training. this bill will also give the v.a. the tools necessary to serve veteransality risk of homelessness in a more meaningful way during the pandemic and require the v.a. to afford greater oversight to our states' veterans homes. it also includes provisions from the deborah sampson act, so women in the armed forces must have a v.a. that is effective

rise in support of h.r. 7105, the johnny isakson and david p. roe m.d. veterans improvement act of 2020. i consider the word optimism to mean hope that actually includes a plan. and i have sincere optimism that the bipartisan legislative package before us today will serve as the blueprint for the great work we can acleeve in the next congress by working together. more importantly, i have confidence that it will make a positive difference in veterans lives. for example, h.r. 7105 includes my legislation, the g.i. bill planning act of 2019, which will give military enlistees greater ability to consider which g.i. bill benefits are right for them. . just think in the first few days f boot camp 70% of the enliesees sign up. but 97% use up use the moreau bust post-9/11 bill. by delaying this montgomery g.i. bill opt-in decision six months and responsibly ending new enrollment in 10 years, we'll save recruits money and ensure they are more informed unfuture education benefits. i thank the chairman and ranking member for including not only my bill but several o

veterans' affairs subcommittee on economic opportunity, i was proud to sponsor the johnny isakson and david p. roe, m.d. veterans health care and benefits improvement act of 2020. this landmark legislation is the product of years of bipartisan work and the strong leadership of house veterans' affairs committee chairman mark takano and senate veterans' affairs committee ranking member jon tester. it includes numerous legislative initiatives from dozens of house democrats and provisions from nearly 60 house-passed bills. it includes the homeless veteran coronavirus response act, a bill i introduced to expand and strengthen va services for homeless veterans during the pandemic, allowing the va to use existing funds for a wider range of services. it includes the reducing veteran homelessness act, a bill i introduced to fill gaps in hud-vash case management. it includes the protect the gi bill act, a bill i introduced to increase transparency and accountability among educational programs that receive funding from the va, and it includes the pandemic assistance for student veterans act, which will minim