President Joe Biden signed into law the PACT Act to provide life-saving care for veterans exposed to burn scars.
In his speech at the White House, Mr. Biden called this "the most important law our country has passed to help veterans exposed to toxic substances." He said: higher water.
He thanked members of Congress for their work, adding that this is one of the issues that both Republicans and Democrats can work on together.
The President also thanked activists and veterans' groups who have urged the federal government to action.He especially thanked comedian John Stewart.
The bipartisan effort in his State of the Union address to specifically call on lawmakers to work on such legislation is another of his key accomplishments for the president.
The full title of the bill is Sgt.
In his State of the Union address, the President told the story of Sgt.
On Wednesday, his nine-year-old daughter Brielle, widow Danielle Robinson, and his mother-in-law Susan Zeyer joined the president for signature.
Daniel He attended her SOTU as Mrs. Jill Biden's guest in March, and days later the PACT Act was renamed after Heath.
Mr. Biden's commitment to helping veterans is very personal, and he has spoken of his late son Beau and his own terminal cancer being burned to the ground. often speaks of his belief that it is the cause.
Bo is a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard who was deployed to Iraq in 2008 and spent most of the next year in his 10-acre crematorium at Ballad Air Force Base.
He died in 2015 at the age of 46 after battling glioblastoma, a progressive brain tumor.
During the signing of the bill, the President thanked his grandson, who sat next to Brielle in the audience. he knows what you're going through.
After signing, Biden handed Briel the pen he was using.
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