Washington journal continues. Host welcome back to washington journal. We are joined by mary dickson. Shes a downwinder and Victim Advocate for talking about the radiation exposure compensation act. Welcome to the program. Guest thank you. A pleasure to be here. Host first explain what is a downwinder, and your personal connection to this. Guest i would love to. A downwinder is someone who lives downwind of the Nevada Nuclear test site. You still th . We having trouble with your signal . Mary . We will work on that. And try to get that back for you here as soon as possible. Take a look at this is from the department of justice website. This is talking about the radiation exposure act, exposure compensation act is called reca and here is a map that i wanted to show you. If you see here the states that are in yellow, these yellow areas are for uranium worker states. So states where there are uranium workers. Those cover colorado, new mexico, arizona, wyoming, south dakota, washington,h,
Host you can also send us a text at 2027488003. Be sure to send your first name and city, state. We are also on facebook and on x. Before we take calls look at this. This is from yesterday during debate over the defense funding on the house floor. Rules Committee Ranking member jim mcgovern sharply criticized republicans over risking a potential Government Shutdown and your response from rules Committee Chair tom cole. Heres a portion. What the hell is going on in your conference. Truth is under speaker mccarthys weak leadership this republican majority is a total failure. An unmitigated disaster. Those arent even my words, thats what one of your own members said on tv a you few nights ago about the process playing out in this chamber right now. First we have this absurd nonbinding resolution condemning the governor of new mexico we are trying to keep our constituents safe from gun violence. Just to explain to folks who may be watching, this resolution does nothing. Not a thing. Its a
Shes a downwinder and Victim Advocate for talking about the radiation exposure compensation act. Welcome to the program. Guest thank you. A pleasure to be here. Host first explain what is a downwinder, and your personal connection to this. Guest i would love to. A downwinder is someone who lives downwind of the Nevada Nuclear test site. You still th . We having trouble with your signal . Mary . We will work on that. And try to get that back for you here as soon as possible. Take a look at this is from the department of justice website. This is talking about the radiation exposure act, exposure compensation act is called reca and here is a map that i wanted to show you. If you see here the states that are in yellow, these yellow areas are for uranium worker states. So states where there are uranium workers. Those cover colorado, new mexico, arizona, wyoming, south dakota, washington, utah, idaho, north dakota, oregon, and texas. Whats in green is overlapping uranium worker states and do
I mattered because of her. From the moment she was born, i promised myself that i would be there no matter what through the heartbreak, let downs and struggles i would be there and listen, learn and love every moment. I wouldnt miss a thing. I would always protect her. On november 30, 2021, exactly 17 years six months and 13 days made me break my first promise and it will hurt for eternity. As her mom i didnt protect her. First i would like to say thank you to the prosecution team. I say thank you to you all. Saying thank you doesnt seem enough anymore. Countless hours youve worked. Time away from your family and always taking our feelings into consideration. Karen and mark, the work youve put in to getting all the facts, speaking to us like we mattered, and never waivering from your goal speaks volumes of the people you are and im proud to call you a part of madison, life. You have all seen me hit some day i wasnt sure who i was. One minute im laughing. Next crying and sometimes im ju
The the list. You have seen dr. Fauci face mask. Throw out the first pitch at the park. The team calling him a quote a true champion for our country. Steve hi,everybody, welcome to studio f. Ainsley is over at the big plastic desk. Im over here what they used to refer to as the living room. In our nations capital. Looking at the date, today is july 21st, that mean its peter doocys birthday. Happy birthday, peter. [sighs] ainsley happy birthday, peter so glad you were born. Griff peters office is a few doors down if he shows up today treat him like the birthday boy he is maybe buy him a sandwich. Open up here. Of course wear a mask. Ainsley give him an elbow bump. Steve i think he is going to interview joe biden today. Good luck. He is heading to delaware. It could be a Long Distance drive for you, griff. Thank you, everybody, for watching us on this tuesday. We start this hour with a fox news alert as we do so. New video shows rioters ambushing. Demonstrators dressed in black. Apparent