by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday to expand health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits overseas, sending the package back to the U.S. Senate after making a minor change. Senators, who broadly support the landmark package, are expected …
Read More »Senate Passes Bill To Help Veterans Exposed To Toxic Burn Pits
A bill expanding health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday in an overwhelmingly 84-14 bipartisan vote. The bill eases and expands access to health services and disability benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic …
Read More »Biden Signs Nine Bills Improving Health Care For Veterans
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill to provide better access to mammograms for veterans exposed to burn pits as part of nine bills signed into law aimed to improve veterans’ health care. He also signed eight other pieces of legislation Tuesday focused on veteran health care, including a …
Read More »House Approves Bill To Help Veterans Exposed To Toxins
The House passed legislation on Thursday to deliver comprehensive health care and benefits to veterans exposed to toxins during military service. The “Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act,” H.R. 3967, would significantly expand the list of “presumptive” conditions for veterans. Those are ailments that the federal government …
Read More »Biden Signs Four Bills Aimed At Helping Veterans
President Joe Biden signed four veterans reform bills into law on Tuesday, calling the changes part of the country’s “sacred obligation” to care for military members and their families even after their service. President Biden signs three bills to help the troops and veterans at the White House. pic.twitter.com/TWry6CrdEj — …
Read More »Almost Two Dozen Military Personnel Or Veterans Arrested For Attacks At The Capitol
New information continues to be released about the people that participated in the attack at the United States Capitol. Data collected by CNN shows that 21 out of the first 150 people arrested for the attack are military personnel or veterans. Two of those arrested for the insurrection are in …
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