(08-01-2022, 11:19 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Why is this a new bill and not just part of VA funding and services?

This is specific to burn pits in Iraq & Afghanistan. It also has some language for Vietnam vets exposed to agent orange and another group I can't think of right now. 

I don't know how it all works in how money is distributed for organizations like VA as opposed to VA plus groups with specific issues as in the case of OEF & OIF vets exposed to toxic substances. Evidently specific language has to go into specific bills in order for things to happen. 

Fraud, waste and abuse in government spending is the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars. I thought it was ironic that there were always signs plastered everywhere on Army installations advising soldiers to be on the lookout for and report any fraud, waste and abuse as well as warning what would happen if caught. There were also tons of PSAs on AFN (Armed Forces Network tv and radio) about it when I lived in Germany. The people warning us were the very ones committing the act.

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