The Senate has passed a bill that would expand health care resources and benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service
A wide bipartisan majority approved the long-awaited bill by a vote of 84-14. It will now go to the House of Representatives, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pledged to move quickly and send it to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature. The bill is an amended version of the Honoring Our PACT Act that passed the House earlier this year.
Military widow: These soldiers are POWs in their own bodies 05:39"The Senate has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity today to make history," Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, said Wednesday on the Senate floor ahead of a key procedural vote to advance the bill toward final passage."This bill isn't about Democrats versus Republicans. It's not about political posturing.
Soldier previously covered by CNN dies from cancer from burn pits 02:54The bill also calls for investments in VA health care facilities, claims processing and the VA workforce while also strengthening federal research on toxic exposure, which has been a priority for Biden as well."We still have our work cut out as a Congress, as a Senate to make sure that the promises that are made in this bill are promises that are kept," Moran said Wednesday in a floor speech.
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