Ask Your Representative To Support H. R. 4816, SGT Calvin Bridges US Army Retired Ask Your Representative to support H.R. 4816, the Toxic Exposure Research & Military Family From the Vietnam Veterans of America, Legislative Alert, June 27, 2014 Write to your Representatives today and ask them to support H.R. 4816, the Toxic Exposure Research & Military Family Support Act of 2014. On June 9, Congressman Mike Honda, D-CA17 introduced H.R. 4816, the Toxic Exposure Research & Military Family Support Act of 2014, which is a Companion Bill to S.1602, introduced by Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT. “My bill will extend care to Veterans who can show that their Medical Illnesses have a direct relation to a Toxic Substance they were exposed to”, said Rep. Honda. “Additionally, this act will take care of the Children, Grandchildren & Future Descendants who have been affected by these poisons. This is about Keeping Our Promise to our Veterans. This is about making sure that they get the Care That They Not Only Deserve, but They Have Earned”. H.R.4816 directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to Establish A National Center for the Diagnosis, Treatment & Research of Health Conditions of the Descendants of Veterans exposed to Toxic Substances during service in the Armed Forces. & to provide Certain Services to Those Descendants. Vietnam Veterans of America, strongly supports H.R. 4816, which upholds our Founding Principle, Never again will one generation of Veterans abandon another. VVA urges you to go to our Legislative Action Center Site at: capwiz/vva/home/ & Take Action Now by entering your Zip Code & sending the Letter to your U.S. Representatives, asking them to please join their Colleagues Representatives; Madeleine Bordallo, GU, John Conyers, MI-13, Peter DeFazio, OR-4, Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, AS, Raul Grijalva, AZ-3, Brian Higgins, NY-26, William Keating, MA-9, Ann Kirkpatrick, AZ-1, Barbara Lee,CA-13, James McGovern, MA-2, Grace Napolitano, CA-32, Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC, Chellie Pingree, ME-1 & Peter Welch, VT in support of H.R. 4816, the Toxic Exposure Research & Military Family Support Act of 2014. Vietnam Veterans of America, VVA, is the nations only congressionally chartered Veterans service organization dedicated to the needs of Vietnam-era Veterans & their families. VVAs founding principle is “Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.” capwiz capwiz capwiz
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:55:08 +0000