The numbers and the statistics, they are not acceptable. They do not work.
Clearly, the Department of Energy had a substandard operation when it came to implementing this compensation program.
It's an insult to the Americans who worked in these plants.
We must make sure that claimants found eligible for benefits are promptly compensated.
Do you have, does DOE have, a specific individual who Alaskans can contact to determine the status of their claims and get other questions a...
This amendment is intended to address one of the two major failures in the implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compe...
I was assured [by DOE] that the contractor would be notified and asked to accept primary liability for my claim and would also be asked not ...
This is simply unacceptable. Let me repeat--this is unacceptable.
In many cases we have had Alaskans dying while waiting for their claims to be resolved.
Our nation owes them a debt of gratitude.
I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I offered an amendment in September with your colleague here Senator Murkowski co-sponsoring the amendment.
I hope that the committee is beginning to understand the frustration I've experienced.
the importance of this issue led me to co-sponsor the Grassley-Murkowski amendment.
I'd like to thank Chairman Dominici for holding this hearing today on the implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illnesses Comp...
Have you advised the Alaskan claimants that there is no willing payor?
So if it is none, if it is zero--and we have also made that assumption, that there are none--what was the purpose of putting this language i...
Processing 25 percent of claims in six months is about 156 claims a week.
