Kathleen Rice: “I think it is--the other--very quickly, I have 2 minutes left--I just want to ask you about a very vulnerable group…”

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.

We all agree that we have to put more money into this program across the board.

I remember, in the days and weeks and months after 9/11, you know, which basically shut down the aviation industry for some time.

I have heard from Jewish and interfaith organizations that the present funding levels are clearly insufficient to meet the current needs.