114th Congress
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114
Key House panel considers Maloney, Nadler, King Bill to extend 9/11 health and compensation programs for survivors and first responders
'People will die': Hundreds plead for Zadroga Act extension to keep health-help for 9/11 responders
WASHINGTON — “People will die” if Congress fails to extend the Zadroga Act, a former NYPD officer battling cancer warned a House panel Thursday.
David Howley, one of hundreds of supporters of the act who traveled to the capital to plead for its extension, said he wouldn’t be alive without the program.
NYC Firefighters Flock to Capitol, Fighting for 9/11 Health Program
With benefits for 9/11 first responders set to expire at the end of September, dozens of firefighters descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to talk about cancer, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and respiratory diseases contracted at Ground Zero.
A timely awakening by Chairman Fred Upton on Zadroga bill
One of the most powerful Republicans in Washington set a grand example for representatives of both parties on Thursday by endorsing legislation to extend health care and compensation for sickened 9/11 responders.
Michigan Rep. Fred Upton got behind reauthorizing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which is set to expire next year.
FDNY ranks, others set to testify in Washington to renew health-help Zadroga Act for 9/11 responders
Hundreds of New York City firefighters and others suffering from 9/11-related illnesses are headed to Washington on Thursday to testify at a hearing to renew the Zadroga Act.
Without an extension of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, tens of thousands of volunteers and first responders who helped clean up Ground Zero won't be able to get federal help with their health care.
First Responders Sickened By Toxins At Ground Zero After 9/11 Testify Before Congress
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — First responders who were seriously hurt in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks appeared before a congressional committee in Washington on Thursday.
Members of the FDNY and NYPD — many of them sick with various cancers — asked lawmakers to extend the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.
First Responders Sickened By Toxins At Ground Zero After 9/11 Testify Before Congress
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — First responders who were seriously hurt in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks appeared before a congressional committee in Washington on Thursday.
Members of the FDNY and NYPD — many of them sick with various cancers — asked lawmakers to extend the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.
9/11 Heath Compensation Reauthorization Bill Takes Key Step in Congress
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), an early and vocal supporter of the original James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (now PL 111-347), announced today that the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing tomorrow on reauthorizing this important program.