Political Quotes

“thank you for that emphatic recognition. In the next few minutes, the Senate will vote on the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022. This is a significant--I would say historic--moment. This bipartisan legislation, not only is it significant and important because of the content, but it is also significant and perhaps historic because of the cooperation that has been garnered to put this act together and presumably pass it and send it to the President of the United States. This bipartisan legislation is the most comprehensive toxic exposure package the Senate has ever delivered to veterans in our country's history. Generation after generation, Americans, one by one, have answered the call of duty with the promise that we--the United States of America, the citizens of this country--would take care of them and their families after their time in uniform. Yet generation after generation, veteran after veteran, these servicemembers returned home only to be met with a piecemeal process as they work to cobble together the care that they earned and the benefits they deserved from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans have spent years fighting bureaucracy to get the care they need, and, sadly, there are those who have been fighting, up to this point, who are no longer living, to receive the benefits that this legislation will provide.…”