[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H9857-H9858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PACT ACT

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, earlier this year, President Biden called 
on Congress to comprehensively address the effects of toxic exposure in 
our veterans.
  My bipartisan Honoring our PACT Act is the largest expansion of VA 
benefits in a generation.
  Now that it is the law, the United States is finally recognizing 
toxic exposure as a cost of war.
  Earlier this year, VA announced that it will immediately begin 
processing PACT Act benefits claims for eligible terminally ill 
veterans.
  These developments would not have been possible without the work 
between Congress, House Democrats, and the Biden-Harris administration, 
and for our commitment to follow through on our promise to deliver 
healthcare

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and benefits to America's toxic-exposed veterans.
  I encourage veterans to visit VA.gov/PACT for more information on 
PACT Act benefits.
  Madam Speaker, and may I add that Bishop Barber, our guest chaplain 
today, along with our Speaker, were instrumental in including Camp 
Lejeune as part of the PACT Act, and I know that America is grateful 
for this justice to be done.

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