In addition, we must work to eliminate barriers that impede veterans from accessing their education and employment benefits and promote opportunities for success outside of the military.
Work to eliminate barriers that impede veterans from accessing their education and employment benefits and promote opportunities for success outside of the military.
Occurrences
Evidence
"We must work to eliminate barriers that impede veterans from accessing their education and employment benefits and promote opportunities for success outside of the military."
Rep. Clyde joined several congressional colleagues in a letter demanding the Biden Administration eliminate the records backlog at the National Personnel Records Center; the backlog was said to be preventing veterans and their families from receiving benefits.
NARA announced it had eliminated the pandemic-related backlog of veteran records requests at the National Personnel Records Center and said access to the records is critical for veterans and their families to obtain earned benefits.
Assessments
Clyde directly worked on a concrete veterans-benefits access barrier by joining a 2021 congressional letter pressing the administration to clear the National Personnel Records Center backlog, which was described as blocking veterans and families from receiving benefits. NARA later announced in 2024 that the pandemic-related backlog had been eliminated. However, the evidence does not show Clyde authored or passed legislation, executed policy, or delivered the broader promised outcome on education and employment benefits specifically; the later completion appears to have been primarily administrative. This supports partial credit, with later_term timing and an effort badge for the serious advocacy attempt.