On the recordJuly 23, 2019
Madam President, after this vote, the people in the Gallery above us, these brave men and women who have suffered unbelievably, will not have to come here again. This should never have been a fight. It should never have taken this long to pass this bill and make it permanent. It should never have been a question. But now, finally, we have the chance to get this job done for our 9/11 heroes once and for all--our firefighters, our police officers, our EMTs, our construction workers, our survivors, our families who stayed in their homes at Ground Zero because EPA told them the air was safe. This bill is a signal from our Nation, from this body, from Congress, that we are representing people in all 50 States and that the Senate will live up to the words it has said over and over again, ``never forget''--that we will never forget our 9/11 heroes and that we will never stop helping them when they are in need. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time is expired.
