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Committee backs resolution urging VA and Congress to reconsider vaccine, anthrax injuries under PACT Act
Summary
A committee approved House Joint Resolution 98 urging Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider COVID-19 and anthrax vaccine injuries under the PACT Act; the committee advanced the measure to calendar and rules by a 16-6 vote after a former Army officer testified in support.
Representative Fritz presented House Joint Resolution 98, which urges Congress and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to recognize certain vaccine-related injuries for service members under provisions of the PACT Act.
Brad Miller of Clarksville, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, testified in favor of the resolution. "The Department of the Veterans Affairs current refusal to acknowledge vaccine injury inhibits…
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