2014 Iowa Governor's race: on Homeland Security

Chet Culver: More funding for veteran's jobs, homes, and education

During the Governor's first three years in office, Governor Culver signed legislation to help National Guard members complete their education, to protect veterans from losing their jobs or their homes when they are called-up for military service, and to expand and renovate Iowa's veterans' home. Legislation included:

Providing unemployment benefits to spouses who move as a result of a spouses' deployment
Enhancing housing benefits
Adding more legal protections for service members
Extending "non-professional" firearms permits for service members who are deployed by 90 days
Prohibiting utilities from disconnecting service to families while a family member is deployed
Creating a program to inform state employees who are military members of their rights and benefits while deployed
Requiring Department of Administrative Services to develop programs to inform, train, and hire qualified disabled veterans for job opportunities in state government.

Source: 2014 Iowa gubernatorial campaign website, ChetCulver.com Dec 20, 2013

The above quotations are from 2014 Iowa Gubernatorial debates and race coverage. Click here for definitions & background information on Homeland Security. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Terry Branstad on Homeland Security. Click here for more quotes by Chet Culver on Homeland Security.
*Candidates and political leaders on Homeland Security:*
*Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:* GA:Chambliss(R) IA:Harkin(D) MI:Levin(D) MT:Baucus(D) NE:Johanns(R) OK:Coburn(R) SD:Johnson(D) WV:Rockefeller(D) *Resigned from 113th House:* AL-1:Jo Bonner(R) FL-19:Trey Radel(R) LA-5:Rod Alexander(R) MA-5:Ed Markey(D) MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R) NC-12:Melvin Watt(D) SC-1:Tim Scott(R)	*Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:* AR-4:Tom Cotton(R) GA-1:Jack Kingston(R) GA-10:Paul Broun(R) GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R) HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D) IA-1:Bruce Braley(D) LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R) ME-2:Mike Michaud(D) MI-14:Gary Peters(D) MT-0:Steve Daines(R) OK-5:James Lankford(R) PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D) TX-36:Steve Stockman(R) WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)	*Retired House as of Jan. 2015:* AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R) AR-2:Tim Griffin(R) CA-11:George Miller(D) CA-25:Howard McKeon(R) CA-33:Henry Waxman(D) CA-45:John Campbell(R) IA-3:Tom Latham(R) MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R) NC-6:Howard Coble(R) NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D) NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R) NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D) NY-21:Bill Owens(D) PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R) UT-4:Jim Matheson(D) VA-8:Jim Moran(D) VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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