“They’re playing games with our veterans and their families, and that’s cruelty,” one veteran says. “Our leaders of our country spit in our face by going back on this bill.”
, which would make medically retired and severely disabled combat veterans with under 20 years of active service eligible for both disability and retirement benefits.Braman said he was a star athlete in high school who never had breathing problems. But when he returned home from a deployment to Afghanistan, where he said he was constantly around open-air burn pits, he was diagnosed with asthma.
When the House Rules Committee did not move that amendment forward two weeks ago, Braman said he felt forgotten by the nation he served. Up until Wednesday, the PACT Act had received overwhelming support in both legislative chambers. In June, the Senate passed the original legislation 84-14. It underwent minor changes when it moved to the House, where it passed 342-88.
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