Dear John,
In the United States, we take care of our fellow Americans who have been harmed in the course of their military service. But we haven't done right by some Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. Many of those who have been exposed are living with cancers, heart disease or Parkinson’s disease.
Unfortunately, many of them face the difficult burden of having to prove they were exposed in order to receive the benefits that are rightfully theirs if they were stationed outside Vietnam -- even in places where the Defense Department acknowledges Agent Orange was used and stored. I don't think it should be this hard, and according to the survey I sent earlier this week, neither do you.
I am proud to have introduced the Veterans Agent Orange Exposure Equity Act this week, a bill with Democratic and Republican support to provide long-overdue relief to Vietnam War veterans who served in Cambodia, Laos or Thailand and were exposed to this dangerous herbicide.
