THREAD: My brother and I grew up in military housing. This issue is personal. There have been many reports of mold, lead, vermin, and more in privatized military housing. Today, I asked Defense officials about this very issue. 1/pic.twitter.com/5OXfBQX1Ue
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When "we recruit the individual, we retain the family." I am third generation military. I know that when we talk about service members, we need to also talk about the families. 2/
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I spent the last few years focusing on early childhood literacy. We know that kids under 6 who are exposed to things like lead and mold experience significant developmental delays. 3/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758954/ …
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This is a crisis that's harming families/children of those serving their country. I will continue to push Defense on how to address those who have already been affected by this epidemic and how we will work together to prevent it from happening again. 4/4https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/usa-military/ …
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