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Veterans of RI need your help!
 
 Predatory agencies are coming to RI to take advantage of Veterans who need to file VA disability claims.  It's illegal to charge a fee to assist Veterans with their VA claims if you are not accredited to do so with the Veterans Administation.   Right now there are no strong penalties for breaking the federal law so we need to pass Senate Bill 71 to protect our RI veterans.
 
Link to the Bill:  https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0071.pdf
 
We need concerned citizens to send an email to the Senate committee that will hear testimony Wed April 30.  
 
Here is a basic template to cut and paste if you are unsure what to write:
 
I am writing to SUPPORT the passage of Senate Bill Number 71 (Felag) and to OPPOSE the passage of Senate Bill 990 (Dimitri). I do not believe that disabled veterans should have to forfeit any of their earned VA benefits in return for assistance in preparing their initial VA claims. I fully support the VFW (and other Veteran Service Organizations) in providing Veterans with free services via their VA-accredited Service Officers. 
 
I respectfully ask this Committee to vote to send Senate Bill Number 71 (Felag) to the Senate Floor with a recommendation for passage and to indefinitely hold Senate Bill Number 990 (Dimitri) for further study. 
 
Rhode Island Veterans are counting on each of you to support their interests and not those of the exploitative, for-profit, predatory, claims consultant industry.
 
Respectfully,
 
Email address to send to:  Slegislation@rilegislature. gov  in the Subject line:  Support SB-71  Against SB-990
 
Every Email counts!  Thank you!!

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