Le Roy and Rosie Torres fought for years to get Congress to guarantee medical benefits for veterans who inhaled toxic fumes from burn pits while overseas. Last week, the Texas couple finally succeeded. Via KHNews:
by calling or texting 988, or you can reach the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741.
Their struggle will never really be over. But the Torreses’ campaign to make sure no other veterans experience what they had to ends Wednesday,when they join President Joe Biden as he signs a law to guarantee that 3.5 million American service members exposed to similar hazards can get care. He had expected to keep working as a state trooper, but by 2010 it was clear he couldn’t perform all the duties because of his illness. When he asked for a different job with the Texas Department of Public Safety, he was denied. He was told he had to resign if he wanted to apply for medical retirement. The retirement request was then rejected.
It also led the couple and parents of three to beseech Congress to fix the problems. They started walking the halls in the Capitol. Success there was not any easier. The key, they decided in those first meetings, was to remove the obstacles for the most common illnesses and eliminate the burden of proof on ill former soldiers. Gillibrand’s office wrote that bill, along with Rep. Raul Ruiz , who championed it in the House.
Rosie and veterans who had come to the Capitol that day to celebrate instead had to dig in one more time, with Stewart bringing the high-wattage attention that led the Republicans to reconsider. On Aug. 2, most Republicans decided to agree with the Democrats, and the bill passed 86 to 11.
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