Members of Congress held a hearing on Thursday on Capitol Hill demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs about what is being done to assist the tens of thousands of veterans who have fallen ill from burn pit exposure. “I find it quite disturbing that the DoD is not present,” said Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, said during the hearing. “I’d like to ask them who was the genius that came up with this,” he added, referring to the burn pit disposal method. During the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the burn pit method was adopted originally as a temporary measure to get rid of waste and garbage generated on bases. Also in attendance at Thursday’s hearing were veterans who claim their health has suffered as a result of being exposed to burn pits while they served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Source: Fox News June 08, 2018 00:22 UTC