President JoeBiden signed nine healthcare bills focused on veterans into law at the White House on Tuesday, just one day after the 78th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.
The raft of laws is specifically aimed at expanding care for veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits. Burn pit exposure is believed to have led to the advanced brain cancer that killed the president's late son, Beau, in 2015.Biden remarked at Tuesday's signing ceremony that the country has a"sacred obligation" to support"those we send into harm's way and to care for them and their families when they return home.
"Veterans are the backbone, the spine of who we are as a country. Less than 1% of the population risk everything to defend our nation and our values and everything we hold dear, and you know, the 99% of us who don’t, we owe them. We owe them big," he continued. “And that’s what today is all about — is paying a debt in my view.""This is something we Bidens take personally.
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