Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding to me. Madam Speaker, we all remember where we were on that fateful day of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Today, we finally make permanent our Nation's commitment to care for the heroes of 9/11 and their families. We all know that within the first few seconds of the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center, our brave first responders rushed toward the wreckage to help their fellow Americans. As has been said before, many of the 9/11 first responders and the survivors are now living with serious illnesses due to toxic pollutants that filled the air surrounding Ground Zero. Many of those friends and advocates are no longer with us. Congress created the Victim Compensation Fund in 2001, which committed to those Americans and their families that we will take care of those who rushed to the scene. I was proud to be an original cosponsor of the initial bill and its subsequent reauthorizations in 2010 and 2015. Today, H.R. 1327 keeps Congress' promise to our 9/11 responders and survivors. I have never seen the New York delegation work this hard and together as we did for this bill. I thank Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Maloney, and all the people for the hard work and their leadership on this. We hope it gets passed soon in the other body.”