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SPC Thomas Grassia
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Edited 9 y ago
The Resolution you are citing, H.R. 6238, was introduced by Congressman Paul Tonko of New York's 20th congressional district on Sep 28, 2010 during the 111th Congress, 2009–2010. It received only one cosponsor and the bill was referred to committee where it died.

Then Congressman Tonko introduced H.R. 2052 (Fort McClellan Health Registry Act) on May 26, 2011. This time the bill received 27 cosponsors however it was once again referred to committee where it died never being brought to the House floor for a vote.

He then introduced H.R. 411 on January 23, 2013 and although it received 84 cosponsors it too never made it out of committee and died at the end of the session.

The newest bill from Congressman Tonko is H.R. 2622 introduced June 2, 2015. This is the Resolution before the committee at the present time.

Thank you for bringing this up Sergeant. I just finished rewriting my website on the subject to include the new legislation. http://TheFortMacVets.org
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SPC Thomas Grassia
SPC Thomas Grassia
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SGT (Join to see) - Good afternoon Sergeant! Thank you for posting the news clip. I had seen that and think others should as well. BIG thank you for the heads-up about Legiscan. I have never seen that before. Think I will place that one in my ammo box. Hope this finds you well. - Tom
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MAJ Senior Observer   Controller/Trainer
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Absolutely. I will contact the entire Minnesota Congressional Delegation with the bill number tomorrow.
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SPC Thomas Grassia
SPC Thomas Grassia
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Major, kindly see my post below.
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SPC Thomas Grassia, Thanks for the background! I made phone calls today. Tomorrow I will start writing letters. Your information just saved me a ton of legwork on research; much appreciated!
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SPC Thomas Grassia
SPC Thomas Grassia
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'Tis my pleasure Sir.  Think I'm going to have to hit the rack. "First Sergeant" says "It's LATE".  
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"From 1929 to 1971, an off-post Monsanto chemical plant operated south of Fort McClellan in Anniston. PCBs from the plant entered into the environment, and the surrounding community was exposed." The base however did not close until ordered closed in 1999. Numerous health issues have been cited and are similar in scope and nature to other veterans stationed at Fort McClellan as military police trainees, chemical school, and women's corps.
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SPC James Cummings Jr
SPC James Cummings Jr
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I have become very ill in the last few years. I was a trainee Basic to AIT 1991-1992
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CPT Tommy Curtis
CPT Tommy Curtis
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In addition to that there were many fenced in areas where mustard agent was dumped. Our smoke generator range was surrounded by them.
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CPT Tommy Curtis
CPT Tommy Curtis
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CPT Tommy Curtis I,was stationed there for 3 years.
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