RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — At a listening session on Monday afternoon in Rice Lake, a resident told Congressman Tom Tiffany he was having difficulty getting Veterans Affairs disability benefits and compensation.
The man said his and family member’s service-related injuries were being denied or not compensated at an adequate level. Tiffany urged the man and anyone else facing similar problems, to reach out to his office.
“You want to contact my office in regards to these veterans issues,” Tiffany said. “We deal with them all the time. As well as if you have IRS issues, passport issues. We are ready to serve people.”
Tiffany also heard residents’ concerns, asking him to keep the Social Security Trust Fund solvent, to support patients’ rights to see caregivers, continue federal funding for programs helping older Americans; and to keep the Department of Education, which he said is duplicative.
Others spoke against a lead-shot ban for hunting; pardons for people who destroyed property or assaulted officers on January 6, 2021; Xcel Energy’s proposed solar panel project in St. Croix County, and a proposal to make the Apostle Islands a National Park.
Contact Tiffany’s office through his website, Tiffany.house.gov.