Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) Press Release
(Washington – April 30, 2021) – This week, 80 Members of Congress called for funding to help veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI). Led by Representatives Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP) and Jack Bergman (R-MI), the bipartisan effort in support of a treatment research program targeted at “improved health and lives of Veterans who have Gulf War Illness” comes in the midst of a series of Congressional hearings on military toxic exposures.
In a joint letter, the cosigners urged the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to provide funding needed “to continue this vital and effective program and to support its progress into more advanced, larger-scale clinical trials,” calling it, “a model of how to conduct treatment-oriented research to address complex toxic exposure health outcomes.” The Congressional efforts were supported by 25 organizations, including veterans and military service organization and toxic exposure advocacy organizations, who this week cosigned their own similar letter to the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. (Continue to read the full Press Release)
Florida congressional representatives, Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), and Darren Soto (D-FL-9) all signed the letter calling for funding. Veterans for Common Sense was one of the 25 organizations that supported the effort.
To learn more about the call to help veterans with GWI read the full VCS Press Release.
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