Vicky Hartzler (r) [2021 file photo].
An event scheduled for March 21st in Jefferson City:
[….] Congresswoman Hartzler is hosting a recognition ceremony honoring Vietnam Veterans on Monday, March 21, 2022 in Jefferson City, MO. [….]
Two weeks ago:
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 57
H R 3967 YEA-AND-NAY 3-Mar-2022 10:59 AM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Honoring our PACT Act[….]
—- YEAS 256 —
Bush
Cleaver—- NAYS 174 —
Graves (MO)
Hartzler
Long
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner[….]
[emphasis added]
The bill summary:
Summary: H.R.3967 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)
[….]
Passed House (03/03/2022)
Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2021 or the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021This bill addresses health care, presumption of service-connection, research, resources, and other matters related to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service.
The bill provides eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical care, including mental health services and counseling, to veterans who (1) participated in a toxic exposure risk activity (a qualifying activity that requires a corresponding entry in an exposure tracking record system), (2) served in specified locations on specified dates, or (3) deployed in support of a specified contingency operation.
The bill establishes the Formal Advisory Committee on Toxic Exposure to assist with the various procedures in establishing or removing presumptions of service-connection.
The bill modifies or establishes the presumption of service-connection for certain conditions or purposes for various groups of veterans.
Among other requirements, the VA must
– provide a veteran with a medical examination regarding the nexus between a disability and toxic exposure risk activity if a veteran submits a disability compensation claim for a service-connected disability with insufficient evidence,
– incorporate a clinical questionnaire to help determine potential toxic exposures as part of the initial screening conducted for veterans with a VA primary care provider, and
– establish a registry for current or past members of the Armed Forces who may have been exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances due to the environmental release of aqueous film-forming foam at a Department of Defense location.
Vicky Hartzler (r) voted “No.” As if anyone would expect anything else.
Republicans do not care about Veterans. The VA needed and probably still needs to be upgraded. Obama tried letting a vet go elsewhere and still get their bills paid by the VA. Then Trump screwed that procedure up – giving “privatization” a bad rap. No surprise that Hartzler does not care about Veterans.
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