“When we send our servicemembers into harm’s way, we do so with the promise that we will take care of them when they come home,” said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. “I was glad to vote again for the bipartisan Honoring Our PACT Act to expand access to care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances and airborne hazards during their service to our country.”
I dedicated my life to the Marine Corps. For almost 25 years, I served this country and trained thousands of recruits. I spent nearly 12 years at Camp Lejeune, where my youngest daughter Janey was conceived. For the entirety of her first trimester—a crucial period for development—Janey’s mother unknowingly consumed water filled with known carcinogens such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE).
"Senator Toomey has blocked it. And now he wants to introduce amendments completely rewriting the way that it's paid for out of some false and very convenient fiscal concern that he never had for the defense budget or for the wars that created these toxic exposure difficulties in the first place," comedian and activist Jon Stewart said in an interview with Fox News.
“It’s our job to provide those vets and their survivors with benefits and care for those conditions and if passed, the PACT Act will finally do that,” McDonough said. “This is a monumental moment for veterans and a monumental moment for our partnership as well.”
“Senator Toomey has blocked it. And now he wants to introduce amendments completely rewriting the way that it’s paid for out of some false and very convenient fiscal concern that he never had for the defense budget or for the wars that created these toxic exposure difficulties in the first place,” comedian and activist Jon Stewart said in an interview with Fox News.