Lawmakers Push For Expanded Health Care For Vets Exposed To Burn Pits

The Honoring Our Pact Act would open health care to millions of exposed vets and provide more disability benefits for conditions linked to the pits.

Ahead of a hearing with the Veterans Affairs Secretary Tuesday, advocates turned up the heat in their fight to help vets exposed to toxic burn pits.  

"We need everybody to contact their senators," 9/11 first responder John Feal said.  

"You want to do it here. Let's dig a giant [expletive] pit 10 acres long and burn everything in Washington with jet fuel And then, let me know how long they want to wait before they think it's going to cause some health problems," TV host Jon Stewart said. Here's the bottom line: You cannot be America first when you put veterans last."