Push for a clean, standalone House vote on the Major Richard Star Act without caps or cuts to veterans' benefits.

Raul Ruiz · California · Democratic

policy impact 0.70 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 93%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

Congressman Dr. Ruiz will continue urging his colleagues to sign the petition and bring the Major Richard Star Act to a clean, standalone vote.

Ruiz committed to continuing to urge colleagues to sign the discharge petition and bring the Major Richard Star Act to a clean standalone House vote.

Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz, Lawmakers, and Veterans Groups Oppose H.R. 9237, the "Take Care of America's Veterans Act," Demand for Clean Major Richard Star Act | Congressman Raul Ruiz
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Evidence

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Discharge Petition No. 22 seeks to discharge H.Res. 1247 for consideration of H.R. 2102; Raul Ruiz signed on May 21, 2026. The page lists 215 signatures, ending with Anna Paulina Luna on July 15, 2026, below the 218 needed to force action.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ruiz took a concrete procedural step to force a House vote on the Major Richard Star Act, but the discharge petition remains short of the threshold and no standalone vote is shown as having occurred as of the current Clerk page.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Discharge Petition No. 22
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Ruiz opposed H.R. 9237 as capping benefits and taking PACT Act benefits, said the solution is the Major Richard Star Act with no caps or cuts, and said he would keep urging members to sign the discharge petition for a clean, standalone vote.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ruiz publicly pushed for the exact clean standalone Major Richard Star Act path and rejected a benefits-cuts package, but the statement itself confirms the petition still needed more signatures to force a House floor vote.

partial same_term A for effort

Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz, Lawmakers, and Veterans Groups Oppose H.R. 9237, the "Take Care of America's Veterans Act," Demand for Clean Major Richard Star Act | Congressman Raul Ruiz
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

The promise was framed as pushing for a clean, standalone House vote, not guaranteeing that the vote would occur. In the same federal House term, Ruiz publicly opposed an alternative veterans package as involving caps or cuts, called for the Major Richard Star Act with no caps or cuts, urged members to sign the discharge petition for a clean standalone vote, and personally signed the discharge petition. Although the petition remained short of the threshold and the standalone vote had not occurred, those actions satisfy the promised advocacy and procedural push.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%