WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representatives Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) stood alongside advocates to introduce new legislation to support victims of toxic exposure.
The bipartisan Kenya Merritt Renewing Our Promise to Address Chemical Toxicity Act (PACT) Act would make it easier for federal employees who served with U.S. troops overseas to receive workers' compensation for diseases and conditions associated with toxic exposure. This would allow civilians who worked in proximity to toxic burn pits to receive compensation for their illnesses from the federal agencies that employed them.
"As a result of the PACT A...