"Mr. Chairman, Thank you for holding this hearing today on the Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009, legislation that I have introduced to ensure benefits for hundreds of thousands of Navy veterans who are afflicted with devastating health effects due to Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam."
"IAVA strongly supports S. 1940, which requires the VA to complete a study of the effects of Agent Orange on the children of Vietnam veterans."
"Support the Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009."
"Perhaps the most emotional issue for our membership is the clear suffering of what we believe is an extraordinary rate of birth anomalies and abnormally high rates of disease and adverse health care c..."
"Since 2002, they have been shut out of VA care for Agent Orange related illness and this legislation corrects that injustice."
"Haiti has a 52-percent illiteracy rate, and these are some of the grave challenges."
"we can use these schools as the focal point for community services, so when we get the children into the schools, we can use it as a delivery mechanism for vaccinations, for health care, for aid, for ..."
"VVA particularly thanks Senator Gillibrand of New York for introducing this proposed legislation."
"We believe that all veterans exposed to the deadly herbicide should be granted these presumptions."
"One of the areas of my gravest concern are the children of Haiti."
"So the Congress needs to encourage them not just to move into different areas, but to move a little bit more quickly."