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RANKING MEMBER TAKANO STATEMENT ON CDC CAMP LEJEUNE CANCER INCIDENCE STUDY

Statement

Date: Jan. 31, 2024
Location: WASHINGTON
Issues: Veterans Health and Health Care

“Safe and clean access to drinking water is a basic human right and sadly the country failed our veterans by ignoring the contamination. The Department of Defense and the Navy knew the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated and failed to act, resulting in generational illness and suffering within families that never should have happened. I am glad that the CDC conducted this study, to validate what we knew all along and bring clarity to veterans, civilian personnel, and their families. It underscores why the Department of Veterans Affairs offers healthcare and disability benefits for conditions related to Camp LeJeune drinking water. And it reinforces our decision to include the Camp Lejeune Justice Act in the Honoring our PACT Act in 2022. I expect the Department of Justice and the Department of the Navy to move swiftly to right these wrongs out of respect for these families that have been impacted.”


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