People-Powered Politics.

Monday, January 22, 2007

NY Delegation: 9/11 Workers Getting Sicker

NY Delegation: 9/11 Workers Getting Sicker, Lawmakers Urge Bush, Congress To Fund Treatment For Sick First Responders - CBS News

(CBS/AP) Sen. Hillary Clinton and other lawmakers joined ailing Sept. 11 recovery workers at ground zero on Monday to demand more federal funding to treat those workers with chronic breathing problems.

"We have to provide treatment for all of the victims of 9/11," Clinton said outside the World Trade Center site, two days after announcing her presidential candidacy. "Without the president's budget commitment, the program that is treating many of these victims will end."

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Links to this post:

Create a Link

<< Home