Paralyzed Veterans National President Bill Lawson testifies before the Congressional Committee on Veterans Affairs on March 30, 2011.

Paralyzed Veterans of America works with policymakers to implement legislation to improve benefits and health care services for veterans and their families.

Paralyzed Veterans of America’s Legislation Program plans, coordinates, and implements Paralyzed Veterans’ relations with the United States Congress and federal departments and agencies.  Through our relationships with federal, state, and local policymakers, Paralyzed Veterans works to ensure that veterans, their dependents, and survivors, receive the best benefits and highest quality health care available.  These benefits include compensation, pensions, insurance, housing and employment.  For example, Paralyzed Veterans:

To find out what the United States Congress and federal agencies are doing to help veterans or to get information on legislation pending before Congress, select one of the following links:

To learn about Paralyzed Veterans of America’s efforts on behalf of spinal cord injured veterans as well as all people with disabilities, visit our Government Relations section or call 800-424-8200 and ask for the Legislation Program.