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Biden signs landmark bill aiding veterans exposed to burn pits overseas

Aug 10, 2022 | 1:19 pm ET
By Jennifer Shutt
Biden signs landmark bill aiding veterans exposed to burn pits overseas
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President Joe Biden hands a pen to Brielle Robinson, daughter of the late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, after Biden signed the PACT Act on Aug. 10, 2022, in the East Room of the White House. The bill is the biggest expansion of veterans' benefits since the Agent Orange Act of 1991 and will expand health care benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

 

Susan Zeier, mother-in-law of late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson of the Ohio National Guard, speaks during a news conference on the PACT Act on July 28, 2022, while Rosie Torres, co-founder of Burn Pits 360, comforts Robinson's daughter, Brielle Robinson. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
Susan Zeier, mother-in-law of late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson of the Ohio National Guard, speaks during a news conference on the PACT Act on July 28, 2022, while Rosie Torres, co-founder of Burn Pits 360, comforts Robinson’s daughter, Brielle Robinson. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

 

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, led development of a comprehensive bill providing VA health benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, Agent Orange and other health hazards. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran's news conference)
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, led development of a comprehensive bill providing VA health benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, Agent Orange and other health hazards. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran’s news conference)