,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #ba1      
#bjai,mr4 ,harder of ,california        
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,encouraging the ,president to expand   
the list of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs of presumptive medical        
conditions associated with exposure to  
,agent ,orange to include ,parkinsonism1
 bladder cancer1 hypertension1 and      
hypothyroidism4  ,whereas veterans have 
sacrificed so much for the ,united      
,states and have proudly served the     
,united ,states to secure and preserve  
the freedoms inherent in the            
,constitution of the ,united ,states2   

,whereas veterans and their families    
deserve the benefits that they have     
earned2 ,whereas members of the ,armed  
,forces sprayed millions of gallons of  
,agent ,orange1 a tactical herbicide1   
and other tactical herbicides on trees  
and vegetation during the ,vietnam ,war1
 from #aifb to #aige2 ,whereas #eh1bbj  
members of the ,armed ,forces died in   
combat during the ,vietnam ,war1 and    
veterans are still dying from diseases  
related to exposure to ,agent ,orange2  
,whereas approximately #hc1jjj veterans 
are currently living with at least one  
of the presumptive medical conditions   
associated with exposure to ,agent      
,orange2 ,whereas the report set forth  
by the ,national ,academy of ,medicine  
in #bjah entitled ,veterans and ,agent  
,orange ,exposure3 ,update #aa          
recognized--  7#a7 hypothyroidism and   
bladder cancer to have a limited or     
suggestive evidence of association to   
exposure to ,agent ,orange2 and  7#b7   
,parkinson-like symptoms1 also known as 

,parkinsonism1 and hypertension to have 
sufficient evidence of association to   
exposure to ,agent ,orange2  ,whereas1  
due to exposure to ,agent ,orange1      
veterans and their families are facing  
monumental hurdles with respect to      
financial stress1 mental health1        
substance addiction1 and physical health
 issues2 and ,whereas internal documents
 obtained by a veteran under section    
#eeb of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code 
7commonly referred to as the ,freedom of
 ,information ,act71 determined that the
 ,director of the ,office of ,management
 and ,budget and other ,white ,house    
officials objected to the recommendation
 by former ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs ,david ,shulkin to add bladder 
cancer1 ,parkinsonism1 and              
hypothyroidism to the list of diseases  
related to exposure to ,agent ,orange3  
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives encourages the     
,president-- 7#a7 to take care of       
members of the ,armed ,forces1 veterans1

 and their family members who have given
 so much1 including the ultimate        
sacrifice1 in defense of the ,united    
,states2 and  7#b7 to take action on    
behalf of thousands of veterans across  
the ,united ,states who are living with 
chronic health conditions by expanding  
the list of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs of presumptive medical        
conditions associated with exposure to  
,agent ,orange to include ,parkinsonism1
 bladder cancer1 hypertension1 and      
hypothyroidism4