How Will Capitol Hill Celebrate Veterans Day?
CONTACT: Lizzie Landau, 202-228-0315
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, ROA announced that its executive director, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Phillips, U.S. Army (Ret.), will join U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, author of the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act, comedian and advocate Jon Stewart, John Feal of the FealGood Foundation, and leading veterans and military service organizations for Capitol Hill meetings and to call on Congress to finally pass legislation to establish a presumptive service connection for veterans suffering from illnesses caused by military toxic exposures.
What: Capitol Hill Press Conference to Call for Passage of Military Toxic Exposures Legislation
Who: Jon Stewart, John Feal of the FealGood Foundation, and representatives of Burn Pits 360, Reserve Organization of America, Disabled American Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Wounded Warrior Project.
When: November 4, 2021 at 12:30 p.m.
Where: Russell Senate Office Building; Outside of the Kennedy Caucus Room (SR-325)