Congressman Paul Ryan says he's trying to get to the bottom of cuts to Cottage 16 homeless shelter for Veterans

 

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is stepping in after federal funding cuts to two Wisconsin homeless programs for Veterans, including Cottage 16 in Union Grove.

"Both Union Grove and King are excellent facilities," Congressman Ryan said Monday during a visit to Milwaukee."We were a little surprised by this. That's why I asked Secretary Shulkin for some answers and we're trying to get to the bottom of that."

David Shulkin is the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs who was nominated by President Donald Trump and unanimously confirmed.

The grant committee will only say that Wisconsin's applications didn't score high.

That's according to Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dan Zimmerman who spoke with CBS 58 News on Friday, revealing that is asking the federal government to restore funding.

Zimmerman said an identical application was accepted for the Homeless Veterans program in Chippewa Falls.

With this up in the air, no new Veterans are being accepted at Cottage 16 and the ones who remain are being transitioned to other programs.

The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association is leading the charge for the public to make some noise with their local lawmakers.

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