Representative Penards

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (1:57:50)

if you have them there'd be i don't have them on me but um would it

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (1:57:46)

we are um i'd be curious to see the statistics um in both ways

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (1:27:37)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd just like to call to

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (1:14:33)

money. My definition of voluntary is without pay. So if I could have some clarity there, that'd be great. Thank you, Speaker. Is there anyone who would like

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (1:13:58)

Ingram said, you know, you can

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (49:28)

what they need and federal agencies to do what they need and what they're doing to cover the health issues. Now, if you would like to talk about that in an upcoming bill or something along those lines, you're more than welcome to. But this bill covers nothing of the sorts. All it covers is their transition back into the country and their job opportunities.

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (48:47)

And PTSD is an issue that does really, really, really plague returning veterans.

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (48:28)

drug called Repositil. And what that drug is, is it's basically an antipsychotic pill. And what it does is it's used basically for depression, for, like, people who they think might go postal, right?

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (46:29)

I said, I think I already addressed that.

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (46:09)

It's really tough on someone who has to come back from a war, who has no support network and nothing to base themselves off of. What will a reiterating past

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (45:30)

Russia, China, Japan, everywhere else, that they're coming back into America and they're having to adjust. They're having to understand what it's like to live a citizen's life in America. And all

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (45:23)

to find jobs equal opportunity for veterans they're coming straight out of afghanistan iraq

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (44:49)

we feel like sometimes that the national laws and the national bills are sometimes overlooked, especially by jobs,

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (43:29)

certain war or conflict. I agree, but wouldn't you think it would be better

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (43:18)

It can mean Darfur, it can mean

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (42:43)

that is that the reason our soldiers are over there, it doesn't necessarily mean, like, our wars. It could mean the genocide in Darfur. It could mean, you know, I don't know, whatever would happen. It could mean that. And what it means by who has served our country in foreign wars and conflicts, it means that they've seen the atrocities happen from war. It doesn't necessarily mean that they are, you know, fighting in a specific war like in Afghanistan.

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (39:59)

States veterans. And the reason why is they're seeing atrocities all over the world, things that we couldn't even imagine. And what

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (37:35)

and do the, and every single merit that the military had, I do not know if I could personally live up to those standards. So in order for this bill to pass, yes, it would take on honorable discharge, with exceptions, obviously. Thank you, sir. You can answer that with a yes. I wanted to explain it though

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (36:59)

uniforms nice and tidy. um as this bill states it is um for all veterans so um you know it's really it's it's struggling for me to grasp the fact that our soldiers are you know 18 19 20 they're barely an adult i mean i've got friends right now who are at boot camp and they're 18

Boys State — June 3, 2011 (36:41)

they did extremely wrong. It's that they messed up. You know, they had a friendly fire or they, you