Christopher Shays Quotes & Sayings

“But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.”

“I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.”

“First off, I'm not a scientist, and I make no apology for that.”

“Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it.”

“What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I.”

“I'd like people to listen to our soldiers. They were there. They heard the alarms go off. They tasted the substance in the air. They spit up blood. They had rashes on their bodies. They got sick.”

“Oh it's clearly a cover up. I mean, I have no reluctance in saying that.”

“I don't think there is one cause of Gulf War illness.”

“But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.”

“The bottom line to this is, there are few doctors who have any expertise in chemical exposure.”