Political Quotes

“I want to thank Senator Schumer for his unbelievable conviction and persistence in helping our 9/11 first responders. I also want to thank my Republican colleagues who helped us write this bill--Senator Braun, Senator Lummis, and Senator Cotton. I am just going to give you a vignette of what this is about. Mariama, a New Yorker, came home after 9/11 to find her apartment covered in a thick coat of ash. Her children have all developed life- changing respiratory conditions. Jamie, a 19-year-old, was a volunteer with the Sayville Ambulance that day. He spent weeks cleaning up at Ground Zero. He developed a rare 9/11 cancer as well. Another amazing person is Nate, who responded to the attack at the Pentagon. He spent weeks climbing in and out of the wreckage, searching for remains. He is now a disabled veteran who is suffering from PTSD and another rare, life-threatening disease. It has been over two decades since 9/11, but, still, thousands of people like Mariama, Jamie, and Nate suffer from these terrible cancers and conditions. In 2011, when Congress created the World Trade Center Health Program, which provided medical treatment and monitoring for the survivors, it was not fully funded then, and we are hoping to get closer to fully funding it with this addition. My amendment brings us one step closer to this funding gap, and it includes the Pentagon and Shanksville responders.…”