Editing Val Kilmer (section)

===Political views and charity work===
In 1998, Kilmer traveled to Iraq with [[AmeriCares]] to deliver humanitarian aid, the first US humanitarian airlift to Iraq since 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abdallah |first=Sana |date=April 28, 1998 |title=US relief and movie star go to Iraq |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1998/04/28/US-relief-and-movie-star-go-to-Iraq/9543893736000/ |website=[[United Press International]]}}</ref> Kilmer made several trips to [[New Orleans]] to help in the 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]] disaster relief.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 10, 2008|title=Val Kilmer on Bad Lieutenant and Voicing KITT!| url= https://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46730|publisher=ComingSoon|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=September 6, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080906213051/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46730|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a supporter of Native American affairs and an advocate of [[environmental protection]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World Indigenous Business Forum to Feature Val Kilmer, Opportunities to Build Networks|url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/world-indigenous-business-forum-to-feature-val-kilmer%2C-opportunities-to-build-networks-49379|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126013141/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/world-indigenous-business-forum-to-feature-val-kilmer,-opportunities-to-build-networks-49379|archive-date=January 26, 2013|work=IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com}}</ref> Kilmer briefly considered running for [[2010 New Mexico gubernatorial election|Governor of New Mexico]] in 2010 but decided against it.<ref>{{cite web| author=Matt|title= Val Kilmer: 'I'm not running' for governor|url=http://www.nmfbihop.com/diary/3223/val-kilmer-im-not-running-for-governor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314034728/http://www.nmfbihop.com/diary/3223/val-kilmer-im-not-running-for-governor|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 14, 2022 |publisher= | website= nmfbihop.com |access-date= October 6, 2010}}</ref>

In May 2013, Kilmer lobbied Congress on behalf of the [[Equitable Access to Care and Health Act]], or EACH Act (H.R. 1814), a bill "to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate" of [[Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]].<ref>{{cite news| last= Wrigley |first= Will| date=May 9, 2013|title=Val Kilmer on Capitol Hill: Actor Turns Lobbyist For A Day, Takes Many Pictures| work= HuffPost |url= https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/val-kilmer-on-capitol-hill_n_3247206.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= 113th Congress 1st Session: H. R. 1814| publisher= US House of Representatives| date= April 26, 2013 |url= https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1814ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1814ih.pdf |website= govinfo.gov}}</ref>