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At a press conference on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed six bills to support military members, their families, and veterans in the state.
“Florida is the most military-friendly state in the nation, and I am proud to continue that commitment to our military members and their families by signing these pieces of legislation,” said DeSantis. “Providing military families with the resources they need to receive a high-quality education and find good jobs is the best way that we, as a state, can show our appreciation for the sacrifices that they make.”
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According to a press release, the bills are designed to “support veterans, military members, and their families in finding employment and educational opportunities in Florida.”
Additionally, the legislation uses funding provided by the “Freedom First Budget,” signed last week.
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”We’re very appreciative of Gov. DeSantis’s unwavering support of Florida’s 1.5 million veterans, their families, and survivors. As a Navy combat deployed veteran, he appreciates the importance of expanding earned benefit eligibility to our active-duty members, our veterans, and their family members,” said retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James S. “Hammer” Hartsell, the executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs.
DeSantis also took the opportunity to comment on a recent attempt to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, saying, “The silence is deafening from a lot of our media outlets on this.”
“There’s no place for that type of behavior in American society,” he added.
On Wednesday, an armed man was arrested near Kavanaugh’s Maryland home. He told officers that he wanted to kill the justice.
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According to the Department of Justice, California resident Nicholas Roske, 26, told officers that “he was upset about the leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to abortion, as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.”
