Legislative Affairs Committee

Hampton Roads Chapter Military Officers Association of America

Chapter Committees'
Missions and Members

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS / CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEE

Mission: To monitor local, state and national legislation developments that might affect active duty military personnel, service retirees, and reserve and National Guard personnel, and their dependents. To keep Chapter members informed concerning legislative developments of particular interest. To recommend courses of action to the Chapter to achieve legislative objectives and to plan and carry out those lobbying activities specifically approved by the Chapter.

Position	Name
Committee Chair	Col Stan Remer USA (Ret)
Members	CAPT Loren Heckelman USN (Ret) Chapter President
	MG John P. McLaren USA (Ret) Immediate Past President
	CDR Roberto "Bert" Ortiz USN (Ret) First Vice President

Support JLC Initiative 2026-01 to stop
"Claim Sharks" from preying on veterans

This information is from your HRCMOAA Legislative Committee chair, Colonel Stan Remer, USA (Retired). Please read and consider taking action as suggested.

I would support this initiative to have the Governor veto these bills and "Stop Unscrupulous Firms from Exploiting Veterans"

The Joint Legislative Council last year (2025) had 6 initiatives and one of these was JLC Initiative 2026-01. This JLC initiative was to prohibit "Claim Sharks" companies from preying on veterans seeking to obtain or modify their VA entitlements.

A number of organizations such as the American Legion, VFW and DAV provide these services at no cost to our veterans. The request to veto these bills is consistent with the goal of JLC Initiative 2026-01 and the effort of JLC to hold down the efforts of these companies which promote and support the exploitation of veterans.

This initiative is time sensitive as the Governor has 30 days to sign or veto bills from the end of session which was March 14, 2026.

Here is a link to JLC Initiative 2026-01 for your review.

These are several ways you can contact the Governor to help support a veto for the bills.

Please call or email me if you have any questions.

Stan Remer, Colonel, USA (Retired)
Chair, HRCMOAA Legislative Committee
202-329-6742
stanleyremer@gmail.com

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