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WASHINGTON — In a packed room of veterans, lawmakers and advocates, President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law Wednesday. The act was a personal victory for the president, and for a Texas couple who began the fight for the bill 13 years ago.

The new law is expected to help about 3.5 million veterans who have been exposed to burn pits since 9/11.

EXCLUSIVE: For more than a decade, the veteran community has fought for the US government to take the issue of burn pits seriously. Veterans, advocates and those who have lost loved ones along the way speak to Rachel Sharp about the bittersweet victory as President Biden signs the PACT Act…

President Joe Biden will sign veterans health care legislation on Wednesday that ends a long battle to expand benefits for people who served near burn pits

"Excellent," said comedian and campaigner Jon Stewart after the House passed the bill in a 342-88 vote.

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Veterans, their families and advocates have spent years battling for the US government to take the issue of burn pits seriously

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The issue of burn pits was given more airtime than voting rights, gun violence and abortion in Biden’s SOTU address. Two days later, the House passed sweeping burn pits legislation. Rachel Sharp hears from veterans, lawmakers and advocates about whether America’s sick and dying soldiers are finally being heard

The bill was named after the late Sgt First Class Heath Robinson who died in May 2020 from a rare cancer