sacred is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home. and when they don t. it s ab obligation that unites americans. it brings us together to make sure the women and men who are willing to lay down their lives for us get the very best from us in return. i want to acknowledge we re making progress in key years like bipartisan legislation that s advancing in congress that would deliver health care services and benefits to rans and the survivors impacted by toxic exposures. we don t know how many died because of what they were exposed to on the battlefield. burn pits that incinerated the waste of war and hazardous material, jet fuel and so much more. we have a duty to do right by them. and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that served aside them do not wait decades with the care and benefits that they deserve. that s why we re working so hard to find out the fac