In a recent press conference held in Buena Park, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), alongside U.S. Representatives Derek Tran (CA-45) and Lou Correa (CA-46), announced significant progress on the Orange County Veterans Cemetery project. This initiative, which has been a decade in the making, aims to honor local heroes by providing a dignified final resting place for veterans and their families.
The event featured key local leaders, including Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, who emphasized the importance of this project in ensuring that veterans receive the recognition and respect they deserve. “Thanks to Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva’s leadership, this project is moving forward,” Jeffries stated. Representatives from various Veteran service organizations were also present to discuss the pressing challenges veterans face, highlighting the ongoing concerns regarding the Trump Administration’s handling of veterans’ affairs.
Rep. Tran spoke passionately about the failings of the current administration, stating, “This Administration is failing our Veterans. Thousands of Veteran federal employees have been wrongfully fired, critical VA benefits have been cut, and now President Trump is threatening another forever war in the Middle East.” He criticized the delays in benefits and long wait times that many veterans endure, asserting that, “Our Veterans deserve more than our words of gratitude – they deserve action and support.”
Leader Jeffries echoed these sentiments, condemning the Trump administration’s actions towards the VA. “The Trump administration chose right out of the gate to go after the VA, to fire thousands of veterans from the federal workforce and to cut back services our veterans depend on,” he declared. “House Democrats know our most significant responsibility is to ensure that we take care of the veterans who have taken care of America.”
Rep. Correa added that recent events, including ICE’s treatment of veterans and their families, highlighted the federal government’s failure to uphold its obligations to those who have served. “We need to demand better,” he urged, while expressing optimism about the bipartisan support for the new veterans cemetery.
The discussion at the press conference also touched upon several critical issues, including funding cuts to essential veteran benefits and the need for justice for veterans wrongfully targeted by ICE. The lawmakers further addressed concerns about President Trump’s military actions in Iran, which have led to casualties among American service members.
As an Army veteran himself, Rep. Tran is committed to advocating for expanded protections and benefits for veterans. His initial bill, H.R. 1637, the Protect Veteran Jobs Act, aims to restore jobs for veterans wrongfully dismissed from federal service. In a recent legislative victory, his bipartisan Delivering Digitally for our Veterans Act was unanimously passed by the House, furthering support for veterans’ educational benefits.
The discussion focused on topics including:
- Efforts by Representative Tran, Representative Correa, and California State Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) to advance construction of the Veteran Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon and the profound impact its completion would have on Orange County’s community of over 100,000 Veterans.
- The effects of funding cuts to critical Veteran benefits and services, from health care to academic, personal, and professional support for student Veterans at on-campus Veteran Resource Centers.
- Efforts to deliver justice for Veterans and their families who have been wrongfully targeted by ICE.
- President Trump’s war in Iran, without consultation from Congress, has already resulted in the death of seven American service members and the injury of over 140 service members.
Following offensive U.S. military actions against Iran conducted without Congressional oversight in February 2026, Tran voted in favor of a Congressional war powers resolution reaffirming that Congress, not the executive branch, reserves the right to declare war.
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Trump/Vance/Hegseth administration is spending one billion a day on the unnecessary Israeli/US war against Iran and killing and maiming innocent civilians as well as our soldiers in the process. I just can’t understand why the slight majority of congress is agreeing to $50 billion more.
Thank you for voting against that.
I can’t understand why the majority of republicans are kowtowing to this administration or allowing such a seriously demented president to stay in place with his numerous violations and illegal actions. I am not a democrat but I am definitely not going to vote for anyone supporting this criminal administration.
Sharon K, your a beacon of unfiltered genius in this madhouse we call politics! Seriously, while our poor veterans are basically auditioning for a Hunger Games sequel just to get a Band-Aid from the VA thanks to Trumps “promises” that turned out to be as solid as a chocolate teapot (slashing budgets left and right, closing clinics faster than you can say “mission accomplished” and leaving our heroes to rot in bureaucratic hell), these absolute wizards in the Oval Office are flushing not one billion a day, but like, FIVE billion every coffee break on that pointless Israeli/US grudge match with Iran. Its like they’re hosting the worlds most expensive fireworks display complete with bonus civilian confetti and our soldiers as unwilling piñatas because why fix potholes at home when you can bomb craters abroad?And that $50 billion oops we need more slush fund Congress is high-fiving over? Pure comedy gold! Massive props to those House Dems for dragging Trumps clown posse into the light exposing how they’re plotting World War Whatever while deporting veteran grandmas and turning the border into a bad reality TV set. Why on earth are Republicans still genuflecting to this drooling disaster of a president? The mans so profoundly unhinged he’s probably dictating policy to his goldfish, racking up felonies like Pokemon cards. You’re 1000% correct, Sharon!!! Im no Democrat (ha, who is these days?), but supporting this felony factory? I’d sooner vote for a toaster. Your the hero we dont deserve, dropping truth bombs that could end wars so keep slaying those keyboard dragons queen!
” Im no Democrat (ha, who is these days?),”
About 44 million people. Compared to about 37 million Republicans.
“About 44 million people. Compared to about 37 million Republicans.”
Wrong! Please get your facts straight before sharing a biased opinion. Those registration numbers only come from about 31 states plus DC as 19 states don’t track party affiliation at all during registration. Voter registration isn’t the same as how people actually identify or vote. In the 2024 US presidential election Trump received 77M popular votes while Harris only received 75M popular votes (oops!) not to mention the landslide across all swing states! Republicans made up 35% of the electorate while Democrats accounted for 31%.
As you’re clearly aware Steven, contrary to your false statement I was not sharing an opinion. It is simply a fact, like it or not. Yes I was referring to registered voters. 2024 votes and “electorate” has nothing to do with it. Particularly since presidential elections normally depend on how swing voters break.
Meanwhile you’re emphasizing different facts and l about what I said. Yes trump won the popular vote in 2024. And I can admit that because I have confidence in our system, and I’m not deluded or in a cult.
If you want to take the temperature of the electorate today you must be concerned about recent special elections moving and breaking heavily to Democrats. I think America’s swing voters fiddled around in 2024 and now they have found out, and it’s only getting worse.
You said there are about 44 million Democrats. Compared to about 37 million Republicans.
Thats not a fact. It is wrong. You didn’t say that is for only 31 states so many many many more people than that are registered as Republicans and Democrats. For your information, we have 50 states so maybe that helps.
ED Comment: Check out USAfacts.org for info on states that report voter registration by party.
It is absolutely a fact. It just depends on your definition of “Democrat” and “Republican”.
My definition is registered with that party to vote in elections.
It’s certainly not an “opinion”
Maybe that helps. But with your comprehension level, confusion and negativity I don’t really care what you think.
ok john let’s do this realllly slowly so you can understand why your statement is incorrect as an opinion, not a fact.
Yes in 31 of the 50 states total Democrats registered is about 44 million and 37 million for Republicans. That’s not the entire US because we have more than 31 states.
There are 19 states in the US that dont report voter registration affiliation. Therefore, we dont have a total number of registered Democrats and Republicans for all the US. See USAfacts.org as the Observer Editor stated above to confirm that your opinion statement is not representative of the entire US.
So, no one really knows if there are more registered Democrats nationwide than Republicans. You can think it, you can believe it, you can state it, you can tell all your friends, you can post it online, but none of that makes it true or a fact. All we have for recent evidence is the fact in the latest 2024 presidential election where more people voted for the Republican than the Democrat, both electorally and in the popular vote.
Other than how I feel about your attitude I gave no opinions, beliefs. Only facts.
Regardless of your insults, tou’re not telling me anything I don’t know. You haven’t contradicted anything I’ve said. I am sticking with the hard numbers we have of people actually registered as Democrats and Republicans. Not self-reported as affiliated or lean or anything else. I can see that numbers are upsetting to you and you’d rather they didn’t exist and no one share them. No one cares.
If you prefer nationwide affiliation, then it’s 47% of adults identify as or lean Democratic and 42% Republican. Shrug.
I am sure that number upsets you too. That is fine with me.
so to help the readers understand if your statement is a guess, a belief, a survey, an estimate or a fact, what is your source of information for “If you prefer nationwide affiliation, then it’s 47% of adults identify as or lean Democratic and 42% Republican”?
To help you make your choice… theres no fully “factual” nationwide count of party-registered voters based on official records.
“theres no fully “factual” nationwide count of party-registered voters based on official records.”
That would be a SURVEY. Which is not an opinion, it is surveyed statistical data.
Not as clear and reliable as voter registration data, but there is mathematical rigor and it is data and it is national. You indicated that only national numbers would possibly be relevant to anyone. So I gave that national data.
Different kind of data. Also facts which you can look up. Not opinions.
Excellent! So it’s an estimate based upon a method to try and determine what is true or factual but we don’t know for sure since the data is estimated using a statistical survey.
It’s not a pure opinion and it also doesn’t have full empirical factual data since they don’t count every single person, they estimate. And we’ve seen misleading and bad polling, surveys and estimates as recently as the 2024 presidential election where many pollsters said Kamala was certain to win just like in 2016 where they said Hillary had a 90+% chance to win.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Representatives Derek Tran and Lou Correa are so amazingly wonderful and kind!
I agree…. amazingly honest people!