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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) – ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) – today spoke on the Senate floor regarding ...

I am of the belief that if you serve in our military, we need to live up to the promises we made to take care of our veterans.” At the moment, the work before us, the work that needs to be accomplished today – now, this week – is the passage of the PACT Act so that our veterans who are encountering significant medical challenges have the care and benefits that come from being a veteran. “We need to continue the practice of taking care of our nation’s veterans in a way that is not partisan on either side of the issues,” said Sen. Moran. “This issue needs to pass the United States Senate in short order.

Former Talk show host turned veterans advocate, John Stewart joined a bicameral group of Democrats to call out Senate Republicans for failing to pass the ...

The VA would presume that veterans developed their illness as a result of exposure to toxic substances during their service. They expressed worry that the influx of cases would tax an already stressed VA system, leading to longer wait times for health care and processing disability claims. The bill also would provide new or increased disability benefits to thousands of veterans who have become ill with cancer or respiratory conditions such as bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

55-42 procedural vote on Wednesday fails to advance legislation addressing care, benefits for toxic-exposed veterans.

We have a chance right now to make a monumental change in the lives of our servicemen and women. · U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs chairman: “Frankly, this bill should have passed the House unanimously the first time, and it should have passed unanimously in the Senate. That is how fundamental this issue of taking care of our veterans is. We’ve got to have your friends in the military and veterans call, your civilian friends call. They have put their politics before the life and wellbeing of servicemembers who have given everything to this country. It’s a missed opportunity that’s hard to explain, but we will not stop until we get the job done.” The American Legion demands that Congress end this delay and allow our veterans to receive the health care they desperately need and have earned.” We all share the dismay in all of this. “The PACT Act passed the House and Senate in a bipartisan manner, yet this delay continues because of political games. Our veterans don’t have time for this bill to go back and forth again and again. “This bill’s genesis came from the fact that 70 percent of veterans with illnesses related to burn pits were being denied, and as a result couldn’t access health care. We will not stand by and allow veterans to be denied their duly owed health care. Speaking for The American Legion during a Thursday press event on Capitol Hill, American Legion Legislative Director Lawrence Montreuil called the delay “absolutely unacceptable.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday took to the U.S. Senate floor to slam Senate Republicans for blocking passage of the Honoring our ...

“That's the less charitable explanation, because that would be pretty horrific if Republicans were mad about a climate change bill and decided to take out their anger on veterans, on vulnerable veterans. That three weeks ago they thought it was a good bill, helping veterans was a good idea, and three weeks later they decided that it wasn't a good idea. “The less charitable explanation is this, Republicans are mad that Democrats are on the verge of passing climate change legislation and have decided to take out their anger on vulnerable veterans. Murphy continued: “The less charitable explanation is this, Republicans are mad that Democrats are on the verge of passing climate change legislation and have decided to take out their anger on vulnerable veterans. But 30 Republicans that thought helping veterans was a good idea just three weeks ago, all of a sudden have abandoned the cause.” That three weeks ago they thought it was a good bill, helping veterans was a good idea, and three weeks later they decided that it wasn't a good idea.