Robin Carnahan: “I wanted to say also, I think it is so critical that we listen to our first responders. I think the administration and…”

“I wanted to say also, I think it is so critical that we listen to our first responders. I think the administration and some in this Congress have really, I think, turned a deaf ear to many of these concerns. If they listened to those first responders, I think we would see very different actions coming out of the White House and coming out of this Congress. Also, listen to the bipartisan experts. Some of the best experts in our country came together in a bipartisan way to make these recommendations on the 9/11 Commission that have yet to be fully implemented. It is really unconscionable to me. So Democrats have committed, from our leadership all the way down, when the new Congress comes in January, to make that one of our top priorities in January, in our new Congress, to fully implement those recommendations in the 9/11 Commission report. I think it is just critical to our country and to really get these sound recommendations through this Congress, supporting those front-line responders that have told us what they need and what works in their communities.”