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John Hickenlooper: “A broad bipartisan Senate majority supported the PACT act…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Virtual Town Hall with Senator Hickenlooper and Janine Davidson on National Issues

Published | Video Starts at 43:58

Yeah, thanks for that question. I mean, I can't. I mean, it's, what's happening is a travesty of history and Republicans and Democrats alike. A broad bipartisan Senate majority supported the PACT act, which allowed veterans who'd been around these toxic burn pits throughout the Middle East and even in parts of Europe. And they had a number of predictable diseases, and yet they were having to prove through medical research and courts of law that their cancer or their disease, which clearly was. (43:58–44:10)

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Asserts that a bipartisan Senate majority supported the PACT act for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

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