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Hello,
Each year, Veterans Day reminds us of the tremendous respect and gratitude owed to the brave American soldiers who have fought for our freedom. Our country is great because of the extraordinary sacrifices men and women of our armed services have made, and continue to make, on our behalf.
The significant mental and physical toll on the lives of service members takes many forms, including brain damage from blast overpressure.
Blast overpressure occurs when the pressure from a shock wave damages the brain by moving it inside the skull. It accounts for more than half of all traumatic brain injuries [[link removed]] (TBI) in veterans and active service members.
During just three months in 2023, the Department of Defense provided treatment to service members over 50,000 times for traumatic brain injuries.
Sign if you agree: Congress must take steps to protect our service members from the effects of blast overpressure. [[link removed]]
The Pentagon has admitted that its safety standards regarding blast overpressure aren’t based on scientific evidence [[link removed]] . Soldiers who should be safe by these standards have suffered traumatic brain injuries that irrevocably altered their behavior, causing hallucinations, seizures, depression, and thoughts of suicide. Nearly one in five post-9/11 veterans [[link removed]] suffers from a traumatic brain injury, yet the Defense Department has done little to protect service members from lasting damage.
That’s why I joined Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Joni Ernst, and Representative Elise Stefanik to introduce the Blast Overpressure Safety Act. This bill would take several steps to hold the Defense Department accountable for the health of our soldiers and veterans, including:
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Requiring
an
outside
audit
by
the
Government
Accountability
Office
to
detail
what
the
DoD
is
doing
to
address
the
risks
of
blast
exposure;


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Monitoring
service
members’
brain
health
through
regular
neurocognitive
assessments,
as
well
as
blast
overpressure
exposure
and
TBI
logs;
and


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Enhancing
efforts
to
mitigate
exposure
when
acquiring
new
weapons
and
help
service
members
affected
to
blast
exposure
access
care.
We owe it to our men and women in uniform to address the dangers of blast overpressure and take action based on the evidence we have. I will not stop fighting to give our veterans and active-duty service members the unwavering assistance they deserve.
Tell Congress to pass the Blast Overpressure Safety Act. [[link removed]]
Thank you for your activism and all that you do.
In solidarity,
Ro
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