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Veterans

April 15, 2021

Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) yesterday testified in front of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to advocate for the consideration and passage of her recently introduced GI Bill NEED Act, which seeks to protect veterans from losing their educational benefits as a result of national emergencies outside of their control.

Issues:Veterans
Event Date:
Monday, March 21, 2022 – 09:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Parsippany, NJ–– The Office of Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) is hosting a Telephonic Veterans' Claims Clinic on Monday, March 21, 9:00 AM - 5:00PM.

A representative from the VA Newark Regional Office will be available by telephone to help veterans and their families file new claims, check status of existing claims, and answer questions about veterans benefits. This event is open to veterans, active service members, reservists, and family members with claims or are interested in learning more about benefits.


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Hand delivering cards to vets
November 22, 2023

Parsippany, NJ— Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and her office collected and distributed over 5000 Thanksgiving Thank Yous for veterans across New Jersey, written by residents from the 11th District of New Jersey.

Issues:Veterans
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Rep. Sherrill’s team delivered cards to Operation Sisterhood’s Valentine’s Day brunch
February 14, 2020

Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced that for Valentine's Day, her office delivered more than 4,000 valentines for veterans written by residents from the 11th District of New Jersey.

Issues:Veterans
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Thank you drop off
November 23, 2022

Parsippany, NJ –– Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and her office collected over 6800 Thanksgiving Thank Yous for veterans across New Jersey, written by residents from the 11th District of New Jersey.

Issues:Veterans
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Thanksgiving Thank Yous 1
December 1, 2021

Parsippany, NJ –– Today, Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced that her office collected 3,031 Thank You notes to be distributed to veterans across New Jersey, written by residents from the 11th District of New Jersey as a part of her "Thanksgiving Thank Yous for Veterans" Program.

Issues:Veterans
March 16, 2021
Washington, DC – Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) called on the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) last week to authorize the creation of a sixth Vet Center in New Jersey, which would provide necessary counseling and support services to veterans residing in Morris, Sussex, Warren, and Hunterdon counties.
Issues:Veterans
May 3, 2021

Washington, DC - On Friday, Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) introduced the bipartisan VR&E NEED Act, which would ensure disabled veterans get the support they need to enter the civilian workforce through the VA's Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program.

March 3, 2022

Washington, DC – Today, Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) voted to pass the Honoring Our PACT Act. This critical bill will create a presumption of service connection for as many as 3.5 million veterans who are suffering from illnesses and cancers related to toxic exposure.

September 23, 2021

Washington, DC – Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) voted today to pass the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Sherrill was instrumental in ensuring the package included critical provisions on cyber capabilities, supply chai