The U.S. Senate on Aug. 2 passed a bill to expand healthcare coverage that would benefit veterans who had been exposed to military toxic burn pits.
The vote to approve the PACT Act was 86–11.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) looks on as Rosie Torres, wife of veteran Le Roy Torres who suffers from illnesses related to his exposure to burn pits in Iraq, holds up her husband Le Roy on her phone after the Senate passed the PACT Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Aug. 2, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Mimi Nguyen Ly
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Mimi Nguyen Ly is a former reporter for The Epoch Times.
