Yes, this is likely to fail, but one of the powers the minority has in a legislature is to introduce bills like this to remind people what the majority could have been doing
With republicans narrow majorities, it only takes a handful of defections to get things through. Doing stuff like this helps make more republicans squeamish and can help get those flips
This is what has to be done. You introduce a bill directly affecting veterans and make Trump admit he doesn’t give a damn about them.