{"id":75502,"date":"2023-11-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/11\/biden-campaign-ad-to-feature-burn-pit-advocates-highlight-pact-act\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:08:16","slug":"biden-campaign-ad-to-feature-burn-pit-advocates-highlight-pact-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2023\/11\/11\/biden-campaign-ad-to-feature-burn-pit-advocates-highlight-pact-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden campaign ad to feature burn pit advocates, highlight PACT Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s<\/a> re-election campaign is hoping to make care for veterans with burn pit injuries a talking point in his bid for a second term and will launch a new ad Saturday featuring two of the most prominent advocates linked to that work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose and Le Roy Torres,<\/a> founders of Burn Pits 360, appear in the ad titled \u201cProud,\u201d<\/a> which will be aired across a host of TV networks on Veterans Day. In the spot, the pair credit Biden with expanding health care options for veterans exposed to toxic smoke from burn pits<\/a> used in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That includes signing into law the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act \u2014 better known as the PACT Act <\/a>\u2014 in summer 2022. The legislation was crafted and passed by Congress after Biden lobbied for it during his State of the Union address in March of that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t