WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following Senate Republicans blocking the widely bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Ohioan Susan Zeier, mother-in-law of Heath Robinson, and other Ohio veterans, to push for immediate passage of the PACT Act. They were joined by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-MT), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12), House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano (D-CA-41), and Senate and House colleagues, veterans service organizations (VSOs), veterans advocate Jon Stewart, and former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin. This bill previously passed the Senate by a large margin with a vote of 84-14 and was being reconsidered in the Senate due to a technical error during initial passage. Thursday, the cloture vote on the toxic exposure legislation failed by a vote of 55-42.