Honoring Our Pact Act and Camp Lejeune Justice Act Passed Over The Objections Of Eleven US Lawmakers

One Senator thinks that health care benefits, increased disability payouts, and potential jury awards will further bankrupt the United States Treasury

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) voted against the passage of the Honoring Our Pact Act and the Camp Lejeune Justice Act on the grounds the costs would increase the Federal deficit by more than $400 billion and that foreign aid should be cut to offset this additional expenditure. In addition to the cost of the Honouring Our Pact Act, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act could open the flood gates for those seeking lump sum compensation. Punitive damages are not allowed under the CLJA but there is no cap on the amount of a jury award. Individuals harmed by the Camp Lejeune water or who had loved ones die from cancer have access to compensation for lost wages, medical expenses, and other associated costs, both past, present, and future. Juries will also consider compensation for the loss of consortium, pain and suffering, the mental anguish of losing a child, and other compensation available only through filing a lawsuit. Jurors are sure to be livid and incensed when they hear of the thousands of deaths of marines, their spouses, and their children that could have been prevented if the Navy and Marine Corps had come forward immediately and alerted all people that had passed through camp Lejeune and those currently stationed there. More than 900,000 cases of personal injury and wrongful death are expected to be brought by those whose health was destroyed by drinking contaminated Camp Lejeune water. According to the Hill, Senator Paul argued, "This bill would cost hundreds of billions of dollars at a time when the national debt is climbing over $30 trillion and inflation is at a 40-year high," Paul said on the Senate floor." Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming voted against the Honoring Our Pact Act because of the backlog of cases that it will create. Experts think that the number of individuals seeking benefits under the act could increase ten-fold as will the wait times to see any action by the VA on their behalf. "Lummis said 168,000 vets were currently waiting for VA services, which she called "unacceptable." "If we pass the PACT Act, as is, that number jumps to over a million," according to the Hill. Utah Senator Mitt Romney opposed the Act on the basis that the expansion of presumptive illnesses was inappropriate as many of them may not have been caused by burn pit exposure. Romney's office is quoted in the Hill, "Senator Romney is concerned with implementing a "dramatic expansion of qualifying conditions that aren't necessarily service-connected disabilities." He added that the scope and cost of the bill are astronomical and unjustified. According to the VA, these new forms of cancer have been added to those automatically believed to have been caused by toxic burn pits and other contaminating exposure during military service in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and elsewhere, "Brain cancer, Gastrointestinal cancer of any type, Glioblastoma, Head cancer of any type, Kidney cancer, Lymphatic cancer of any type, Lymphoma of any type, Melanoma, Neck cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Reproductive cancer of any type, and Respiratory (breathing-related) cancer of any type." Camp Lejeune water Attorneys are interviewing prospective plaintiffs with cancer or the loved ones of those who have died from cancer to help them file an accurate claim.

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