HR 847 Comprehensive 9/11 Health Legislation to Be Introduced in Senate

Wednesday, June 24 2009 - First Responders/Health Effects

UPDATE 6/24: "Mayor Bloomberg joined Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in Washington D.C. Wednesday to introduce the September 11th Health Act, the first comprehensive 9/11 health bill to ever be introduced in the U.S. Senate. ... " (NY1

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– Ed.

GILLIBRAND, SCHUMER, LAUTENBERG, MENENDEZ TO INTRODUCE JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION ACT IN THE U.S. SENATE

First Time Comprehensive 9/11 Health Legislation Will Be Introduced In Senate

Mayor Bloomberg and Representatives Maloney, Nadler, King, and McMahon to Join Gillibrand to Help Provide Treatment for Community Members, First Responders Suffering From 9/11-Related Health Effects

Joseph Zadroga, Fire Lt. Marty Fullam, Others Affected by Rescue and Clean-Up Efforts to Tell Their Stories

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will be joined by Senators Charles E. Schumer, Frank R. Lautenberg, and Robert Menendez and Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Peter King and Michael McMahon, along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and 9/11 first responders, construction workers, clean-up workers and community members who have suffered from the long term health effects of working at Ground Zero to introduce the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act -- the first comprehensive 9/11 health legislation to ever be introduced in the U.S. Senate.

Thousands were lost on the morning of September 11, 2001, but today, thousands more -- including first responders, area residents, workers, students and others -- are sick and getting sicker from exposure to toxins released from the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers.

The 9/11 Health and Compensation Act would ensure proper monitoring and treatment for the innocent men, women and children that face life-threatening health effects due to the toxins released at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

WHO: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Senator Charles E. Schumer
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
Senator Robert Menendez
Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Peter King, Michael E. McMahon
Joseph Zadroga, father of James Zadroga, the first known death from 9/11-related illness
Fire Lt. Marty Fullam
Ken George, city worker involved in clean-up efforts
Other First Responders, Construction Workers, Clean-Up Workers
New York City Area Residents

DATE: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
TIME: 10:00 AM
PLACE: 301 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.