WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Congress is very close to passing a bill to get health benefits to burn pit victims. “You serve today, we take care of you tomorrow. That is our oath,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ...

A bill that passed with strong bipartisan support earlier last month is now back in limbo. The bill intends to provide health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during the wars in Iraq and ...

WASHINGTON — Burn pits and the fight by veterans to get sufficient coverage for being exposed to them while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan is something that we have followed closely for years. Some ...

Military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving abroad are set to receive more health benefits, under a bill the Senate passed Tuesday night after Republicans dropped their opposition. With ...

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill to provide health care to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service. News of the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosie Torres of Robstown, Texas, is no Washington lobbyist, but she’s been making the long trek to Capitol Hill for some 13 years, knocking year after year on lawmakers’ doors. Her ...

President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act Wednesday morning, marking what the White House calls the “most significant expansion of VA health care in 30 years.” The bill had extensive bipartisan support ...

WASHINGTON — A bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits won final approval in the Senate on Tuesday, ending a brief stalemate over the ...

“I’m used to the hypocrisy … but I’m not used to the cruelty,” comedian Jon Stewart exclaimed as he joined lawmakers and advocates who are pushing to pass the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics ...