{"id":29030,"date":"2025-12-30T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29030"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:28:48","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-help-georgia-veterans-their-families-access-education-benefits","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-help-georgia-veterans-their-families-access-education-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Working Across the Aisle to Help Georgia Veterans &amp; Their Families Access Education Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his bipartisan work to support Georgia veterans and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Purple Hearts Veterans Education Act&nbsp;<\/em>to increase access to education for Purple Heart recipients and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under current policy, Purple Heart recipients can transfer GI benefits to their dependents while on active duty; however, this excludes those who received their Purple Hearts after being discharged from the military.&nbsp;The bipartisan bill, first introduced by Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), would enable Purple Heart recipients who received&nbsp;Purple Heart&nbsp;award after their discharge to transfer any unused educational assistance from the GI Bill to their dependents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith this legislation, I am working across the aisle to ensure Georgia\u2019s Purple Heart recipients can help their families get a good education,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues working to support Georgia\u2019s veterans and military families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-to-strengthen-support-for-disabled-veterans-their-families\/\">cosponsored<\/a>&nbsp;the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Helping Heroes Act<\/em>&nbsp;to expand supportive services for families of disabled&nbsp;veterans, including children taking on caregiving roles for their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-pushing-bipartisan-bill-supporting-georgias-combat-wounded-veterans\/\">cosponsored<\/a>&nbsp;the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Major Richard Star Act<\/em>&nbsp;to allow servicemembers who medically retired before 20 years of service to collect retirement pay from the Department of Defense and disability payments from the VA at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, Sens. Ossoff and John Kennedy (R-LA)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-kennedy-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-support-disabled-veterans-small-businesses\/\">introduced<\/a>&nbsp;the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act<\/em>&nbsp;to help disabled&nbsp;veterans\u2019 small businesses thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-helps-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-support-families-of-fallen-u-s-servicemembers\/\">cosponsored<\/a>&nbsp;the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Love Lives On Act&nbsp;<\/em>to help spouses of deceased servicemembers retain survivor benefits upon remarriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Sen. Ossoff successfully&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-successfully-helps-restore-eligibility-for-student-veterans-to-attend-morris-brown-college\/\">helped restore<\/a>&nbsp;GI Bill benefits eligibility for Morris Brown College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his bipartisan work to support Georgia veterans and their families. Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the bipartisan&nbsp;Purple Hearts Veterans Education Act&nbsp;to increase access to education for Purple Heart recipients and their families. 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