Guam - After troubling reports surfaced of the
use of Agent Orange on Guam, one freshman lawmaker decided it was time
to do something about it.
Republican Senator Fernando Esteves is establishing
his own task force following veteran accounts of the herbicide use on
Guam’s military bases.
He says that his office never initially planned on tackling the issue, but the reports were too troubling to ignore.
"Based on current and recent reports and also past
reports historically, I've always kept my ear to this because I have a
background in the environment and health field, …but now with recent
stories coming out and people verifying their personal experiences as
well as actually having sprayed the aggregate in the air, I wanted to
bring it to the forefront and see do we have the entire truth? And how
do we get these answers for the people?” he said.
Senator Esteves plans to officially announce the members of his task force in the coming weeks.
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