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From above. As we celebrate this vote today, we celebrate the lives of people like lou alvarez. Well never forget the heroes james delegate rode a, ray pfeiffer, and loual v. R. E. E. The september 11th Victims Compensation fund act is named to honor these three First Responders who lost their lives to 9 11related illnesses. Today the senate has an opportunity to honor these three and so many others that we have lost who never stopped fighting for 9 11 First Responders and the country they loved by voting yes on this critical legislation. Ive shared with many of my colleagues, i never had the ...

National solution. Second, tens of thousands of responders and survivors are sick because the federal government in its rush to get wall street reopened ignored the evidence and the Expert Opinions of scientists. The then head of the Environmental Protection agency repeatedly assured us the air around the World Trade Center was safe to breathe. And we knew it wasnt. But the federal government kept insisting it was. And compounding the federal governments culpability was its failure to conduct a comprehensive cleanup of the environmental disaster created when the World Trade Center towers colla...

Usmca that might come as a result of these negotiations that can improve the outcome of American Workers im happy to consider. Its important to remember that usmca is better than nafta by nearly every standard, including labor and environment. So i hope discussions between House Democrats and ambassador lighthizer is an exercise in getting to the yes that i feel Speaker Pelosi wants to get to. One particular area where everyone can agree is that enforcement across the board is a key compromise that must be hammered out. Factors outside of farmers hands such as an oversupply of grain in the glo...

Are so many more diagnosis of cancer and the rest thats followed. This bill honors the heroes after which it is named. James zadroga, ray pfeifer, and luis alvarez. Those heroes showed courage beyond measure, not only by running toward danger that day, but by giving their last days to fight for all harmed on 9 11. We are blessed with the presence of members of their families and other advocates including First Responders surg from 9 11 related illnesses here in the capitol today. They have done the outside organizing as we did the inside maneuvering. They have made the complete difference. I t...

Compensation fund for 70 years, until 2090. The 10year cost of that bill is estimated to be 10. 2 billion. The house floor debate was just about 50 minutes. Without object. Mr. Nadler i yield myself such time as i may consume. Madam speaker, today this body will, for what i hope is the final time, meet its moral obligation to provide for survivors and responders suffering from 9 11 related illnesses. This obligation is twofold. First, on september 11, 2001, it was not just the city of new york and the pentagon that were attacked, it was the entire country. A National Attack is always required ...