{"id":17308,"date":"2023-08-01T16:17:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=17308"},"modified":"2023-08-01T16:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:17:51","slug":"honoring-our-pact-to-oregon-veterans-and-their-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/honoring-our-pact-to-oregon-veterans-and-their-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Honrando Nuestro PACTO a los Veteranos de Oreg\u00f3n y sus Familias"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los veteranos y sus familias se han puesto de pie y se han sacrificado por nuestra naci\u00f3n, y debemos defenderlos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Es por eso que la oficina de Jeff se puso en acci\u00f3n para apoyar al constituyente de Portland, Sri Benson, en su misi\u00f3n de honrar a su difunta esposa, la cabo Katherine "KT" Benson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFuimos novios en la escuela secundaria y nos casamos j\u00f3venes\u201d, dijo Sri. \u201cElla era mi amor\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despu\u00e9s de servir como m\u00e9dico del Ej\u00e9rcito de EE. UU. en Kuwait, KT regres\u00f3 a casa y se gradu\u00f3 de la Universidad Estatal de Oregon, obteniendo dos t\u00edtulos en microbiolog\u00eda y qu\u00edmica. Sri dice que es esta educaci\u00f3n y experiencia lo que ayud\u00f3 a KT a descubrir m\u00e1s tarde c\u00f3mo desarroll\u00f3 mesotelioma, una forma agresiva de c\u00e1ncer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElla estuvo expuesta a una eliminaci\u00f3n inadecuada de asbesto\u2026 un vertedero industrial justo al lado de su cuartel\u201d, dijo Sri. \u201cEl VA no quer\u00eda reconocer que su enfermedad se debi\u00f3 a su exposici\u00f3n al asbesto durante su despliegue, pero debido a su conocimiento y experiencia con la qu\u00edmica pudo probarlo, lo cual fue un gran problema porque es algo muy dif\u00edcil de hacer. y muy raro.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff luch\u00f3 para eliminar estos obst\u00e1culos a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de los veteranos de Oreg\u00f3n al ayudar a aprobar la Primera Clase Heath Robinson Honrando Nuestra Ley PACT<\/em> este verano, lo que garantiza que los veteranos que sufren exposiciones t\u00f3xicas como resultado de su servicio obtengan la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y los beneficios que se han ganado y merecen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando el proyecto de ley hist\u00f3rico fue aprobado en el Congreso poco despu\u00e9s de la muerte de KT, Sri dijo que sab\u00eda que ten\u00eda que estar all\u00ed en honor de KT cuando el presidente Biden lo convirti\u00f3 en ley, porque "si ella hubiera podido estar all\u00ed, deber\u00eda haberlo hecho". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri se acerc\u00f3 a cada uno de sus representantes electos en el Congreso en busca de ayuda, y dice que la oficina de Jeff "realmente tom\u00f3 las riendas" para asegurarse de que lo invitaran a la ceremonia de firma en la Casa Blanca, donde pudo hablar con el presidente Biden solo unos d\u00edas. despu\u00e9s del funeral de KT. Este result\u00f3 ser un momento poderoso para ambos porque el presidente perdi\u00f3 a su propio hijo Beau a causa de un c\u00e1ncer cerebral en 2015, que Biden cree que puede haber sido causado por su exposici\u00f3n a pozos de combusti\u00f3n mientras serv\u00eda en Irak.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLe dije, Joe Biden, que KT y Beau estar\u00edan orgullosos de \u00e9l, y ambos lloramos\u201d, recuerda Sri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri dijo que tambi\u00e9n abraz\u00f3 al comediante y activista Jon Stewart por su trabajo sobre el tema y se reuni\u00f3 con muchos miembros del Congreso, pero fue la formaci\u00f3n de v\u00ednculos con otros asistentes como \u00e9l lo que signific\u00f3 m\u00e1s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEl viaje a DC fue un cambio de paradigma para m\u00ed\u201d, dijo Sri. \u201cAhora tengo un grupo de personas con las que puedo hablar, una especie de terapia grupal, donde podemos hablar sobre la viudez y la naturaleza del servicio porque tienen historias similares\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todas estas experiencias ahora inspiran a Sri a comenzar un nuevo cap\u00edtulo en su vida, con el recuerdo de KT en el centro mismo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTen\u00eda una incre\u00edble capacidad de empat\u00eda. Ella m\u00e1s que nada odiaba ver sufrir a otras personas. A lo largo de su vida, el principal objetivo ser\u00eda ayudar a otras personas\u201d, dijo Sri. \u201cAunque soy un ingeniero profesional con licencia, creo que quiero hacer m\u00e1s para ayudar directamente a las personas. Entonces, debido a la experiencia de DC, la forma en que planeo hacerlo es entrar en la pol\u00edtica y la legislaci\u00f3n... Creo que KT querr\u00eda que continuara con su legado". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si usted es un veterano de Oreg\u00f3n que busca aprender m\u00e1s sobre el Ley PACTO<\/em>, visita el sitio web de VA<\/a> <\/strong>para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, o por favor p\u00f3ngase en contacto con la oficina de Jeff<\/a><\/strong> para ayudarnos a servirle. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veterans and their families have stood up and sacrificed for our nation, and we must stand up for them.  That\u2019s why his Jeff\u2019s office sprung in to action to support Portland constituent Sri Benson on his mission to honor his late wife, Corporal Katherine \u201cKT\u201d Benson.  \u201cWe were high school sweethearts, and we married young,\u201d Sri said. 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