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Rachel Sharp

Emotional mother-in-law says she no longer has to ‘carry’ late veteran ‘on shoulders’ as burn pits bill passes

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The mother-in-law of a veteran who died because of toxic exposure has said she no longer needs to “carry” him “on her shoulders” after the Senate finally passed a landmark burn pits bill.

Susan Zeier, mother-in-law of the late Sgt First Class Heath Robinson, spoke out at an emotional press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, moments after the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act sailed through the Senate with a vote of 84 to 14.

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