Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid commented on the bill, saying, "At a time when 2 million men and women have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and when our troops have had to endure multiple deployments ... and an unclear strategy, giving them the opportunity to fuel our future economy is the least we can do."
民主党上院の多数派院内代表のハリー・リードは法案についてこう語った「2百万の男女がイラクとアフガニスタンで戦い、軍が複雑な配置や不明瞭な戦略に耐えているとき、私たちには未来の経済の発展の機会を彼らに与えることしかできない」。