AdvertisementThe Senate passes help for veterans exposed to toxins, after a reversal drew furyAugust 02, 2022NPR StafffacebookEmailSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) looks on Tuesday as Susan Zeier, mother-in-law of the late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, hugs Rosie Torres, wife of veteran Le Roy Torres, who suffers from illnesses related to his exposure to burn pits in Iraq, after the Senate passed the PACT Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Getty Images)