Patty Murray said "Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, in his statement, the former Secretary Principi made some suggestions: to improve the Agent Orange Act of 1991, including some new studies in dioxin level blood testing; to direct the IOM to provide VA with an estimate for latency period for Agent Orange-related illnesses; and finally, asking IOM to estimate the number of Vietnam veterans who might be affected by an illness linked to herbicide exposure." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 22, 2010

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, in his statement, the former Secretary Principi made some suggestions: to improve the Agent Orange Act of 1991, including some new studies in dioxin level blood testing; to direct the IOM to provide VA with an estimate for latency period for Agent Orange-related illnesses; and finally, asking IOM to estimate the number of Vietnam veterans who might be affected by an illness linked to herbicide exposure.

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Patty Murray

Democratic · Washington

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Murray discusses suggestions to improve the Agent Orange Act and related studies.

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