The Senate has given final approval to a bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The PACT Act is now headed to President Joe Biden's desk and will await his signature. Former "The Daily Show" host and comedian Jon Stewart has been an avid advocate for the bill and despite the passage by the Senate, had some somber words to share during a press conference on Tuesday. "But I will say this, I'm not sure I've ever seen a situation where people who have already given so much had to fight so hard to get so little.
Comedian and activist Jon Stewart embraces the mother-in-law of late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, before the Senate vote on the PACT Act outside the U.S. Capitol August 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. The legislation expands access to health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for millions who served near burn pits. It directs the VA to presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, allowing veterans to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service.
Comedian Jon Stewart, right, attends a rally outside of the U.S. Capitol to call on the Senate to pass the Pact Act, which aims to expand health care and benefits to veterans exposed to toxins while serving, on August, 2, 2022.
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