It is not fair that Federal firefighters are being denied access to benefits that their local counterparts receive, especially when they fight the same fires and expose themselves to the same risks.
Salud Ortiz Carbajal: “It is not fair that Federal firefighters are being denied access to benefits that their local counterparts receive…”
On the recordDecember 1, 2021
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Carbajal highlights the inequity in health benefits for Federal firefighters compared to local ones.
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